Consumer protection in the age of the 'information economy' /

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Imprint:Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2006.
Description:vi, 456 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Markets and the law
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6224502
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Other authors / contributors:Winn, Jane K., 1957-
Epstein, Richard Allen, 1943-
ISBN:0754647099 (alk. paper)
9780754647096 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-433) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: is consumer protection an anachronism in the information economy
  • What Does it Mean to Protect Consumers in the Twenty-first Century?
  • From The Jungle to The Matrix: the future of consumer protection in light of its past
  • The internet consumer protection and practical knowledge
  • Globalization, the third way and consumer law: the case of the UK
  • Information liability and the challenges of law reform: an introductory note
  • Information technology standards as a form of consumer protection law
  • Can a Fair Balance Be Struck in Intellectual Property Law Between Innovators and Consumers?
  • Distinguishing Dastar: consumer protection, moral rights, and section 43(a)
  • Some copyright consumer conundrums
  • New Rules for New Deals?
  • The Impact of New Business Models on Old Contract Law: New basics: 12 principals for fair commerce in mass-market software and other digital products
  • Contract
  • Rolling contracts as an agency problem
  • Online consumer standard form contracting practices: a survey and discussion of legal implications
  • From consumer to person: developing a regulatory framework for nonbank e-payments
  • Information Privacy: Who Knows What About Consumers and what Should Be Done About It?
  • The failure of fair information practice principles
  • Privacy self regulation: a decade of disappointment
  • Bibliography
  • Index