The "average consumer" of EU law in domestic and European litigation

V. Mak

The "average consumer" of EU law in domestic and European litigation

V. Mak

Private Business and Labour Law

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Abstract

The involvement of EU law in business-to-consumer (B2C) private law relationships is bounded. Regulation originates partly at EU level and partly in national law, leading to fragmentation and legal uncertainty. To counter this problem, this chapter aims to give a new perspective on lawmaking in European consumer law. Rather than focusing on the harmonisation of consumer rights in the EU, the proposed solution is to focus on central legal standards, such as the ‘average consumer’, and their potential to function as analytical tools that enable communication between different levels of regulation, and through this greater transparency in lawmaking.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Involvement of EU Law in Private Law Relationships
Editors	Dorota Leczykiewicz, Stephen Weatherill
Place of Publication	Oxford
Publisher	Hart Publishing
Pages	33-56
Number of pages	23
Publication status	Published - 2013

Publication series

Name	Studies of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law
Publisher	Hart Publishing

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

multilevel regulation
european private law
consumer law
financial regulation

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The Involvement of EU Law in Private Law Relationships. ed. / Dorota Leczykiewicz; Stephen Weatherill. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2013. p. 33-56 (Studies of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

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The "average consumer" of EU law in domestic and European litigation

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