EU Consumer Rights Directive: Getting it Right
House of Lords, European Union Committee, 2009
Posted: 9 Nov 2011
Date Written: April 9, 2009
Abstract
This paper was solicited by the House of Lords, European Union Committee, as evidence in a report on the proposed EU Consumer Rights Directive. The paper explains how consumer laws in the fifty states of the U.S. are not harmonized, and that national efforts to create uniform consumer laws in the U.S. have generally not been successful over the years. Experimentation among the states has created a diverse array of consumer protection programs, and interstate economic activity has not suffered as a consequence.
Keywords: EU, consumer protection, consumer rights directive, harmonization, harmonisation
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