Consumer Law and Socioeconomic Development

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. International Protection of Consumers: Trends and Challenges

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Consumer Protection in the Global Context: The Present Status and Some New Trends

      • Dan Wei

      Pages 3-23

   3. The UN Guidelines for Consumer Protection: Review and Next Steps

      • Ana Cândida Muniz Cipriano, Héctor Valverde Santana

      Pages 25-37

   4. The UNGCP Guidelines: Some Comments

      • Gail Pearson

      Pages 39-50

   5. Common Law and International Consumer Protection in the Global Orbit of Consumption

      • Fabiana D’Andrea Ramos, Vitor Hugo do Amaral Ferreira

      Pages 51-62

   6. International Consumer Protection and Private International Law

      • Louise Ellen Teitz, David P. Stewart

      Pages 63-70

   7. The Supranational Organizations’ Initiatives Aimed at Protection of Tourists. Why International Conventions Are Needed

      • Maria Goretti Sanches Lima

      Pages 71-79

   8. Chinese Approaches to Reform Consumer Protection Law: Substantive Law and Conflict Law

      • Ying Yu

      Pages 81-89

   9. International Consumer Protection in Mercosur

      • Alberto do Amaral Junior, Luciane Klein Vieira

      Pages 91-102

   10. 25 Years to Celebrate: Horizons Reached by the 1990 Brazilian Consumer Protection Code and Horizons to Come, Especially on the International Protection of Consumers

       • Claudia Lima Marques

       Pages 103-138

   11. Regional Integration and Consumer Safety: An Emerging Concern in the Gulf Region

       • Thierry Bourgoignie

       Pages 139-144

3. Financial Crisis and Consumer Protection

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145

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   2. Consumer Credit Regulation and International Financial Markets: Lessons from the Mortgage Meltdown

      • James P. Nehf

      Pages 147-157

   3. The International Financial Crisis and the Protection of the Brazilian Consumer

      • Héctor Valverde Santana

      Pages 159-174

   4. Free Trade Agreement and Investment Treaty Innovations to Promote More Sustainable Financial Markets for Consumers

      • Luke Nottage

      Pages 175-182

   5. Financial Consumer Protection in China: Country Report

      • Dan Wei

      Pages 183-197

   6. Current Issues for Consumer Protection Law in Australia

      • Gail Pearson

      Pages 199-208

4. National and Regional Consumer Law Issues: Helping the Economic Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-209

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   2. Relations Between International Law and Consumer Law in the Globalized World: Challenges and Prospects

      • Claudia Lima Marques

      Pages 211-238

This book reflects the research output of the Committee on the International Protection of Consumers of the International Law Association (ILA). The Committee was created in 2008, with a mandate to study the role of public and private law to protect consumers, review UN Guidelines, and to model laws, international treaties and national legislations concerning protection and consumer redress. It has been accepted to act as an observer not only when the UNCTAD was updating its guidelines, but also at the Hague Conference on Private International Law. 
The book includes the contributions of various Committee members in the past few years and is a result of the cooperation between the Committee members and experts from Australia, Brazil, Canada and China. 
It is divided into three parts: the first part addresses trends and challenges in international protection of consumers, while the second part focuses on financial crises and consumer protection and thethird part examines national and regional consumer law issues.

• International protection of consumers
• 2015 Revision UN Guidelines
• Tourist protection
• Financial consumer, digital consumer sales and services
• Consumer law and socioeconomic development
• International consumer law
• UNGCP
• Common consumer right
• IFTTA
• MERCOSUR
• Consumer law in China
• Consumer law in Australia
• Consumer Defense Law
• Consumer credit

• Faculty of Law, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

  Claudia Lima Marques

• Faculty of Law, University of Macau, Macau, Macao

  Dan Wei

Claudia Lima Marques, Professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre), Former President of Brasilcon and Chief Editor of the Consumers Law Journal/Thompson Reuters (Brasília), Chair of the Committee of International Protection of Consumers, International Law Association (London).



Dan Wei, Ph.D. in Law of University of Coimbra, Full Professor of Faculty of Law of the University of Macau, Rapporteur of the Committee of International Protection of Consumers of International Law Association. 

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