| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 253 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Consumer protection rationales; 2 Techniques of regulation; 3 The role of criminal sanctions in consumer protection; 4 The use of the criminal law; 5 Consumers and safety: the protection of physical integrity; 6 The protection of economic interests; 7 The enforcement of regulatory consumer law; 8 Conclusions; Index. |
| Summary |
How does criminal law affect consumers? Cartwright considers issues of consumer protection, asking whether the state should intervene between consumers and producers. He considers topics including trade descriptions and product safety, and considers how far UK law should hold traders (particularly corporations) to account for their activities towards consumers. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- Criminal provisions.
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Consumer protection -- Law and legislation. |
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Great Britain. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cartwright, Peter. Consumer protection and the criminal law. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001 (DLC) 2001025437 |
| ISBN |
0511039883 (electronic book) |
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9780511039881 (electronic book) |
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0511054211 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511054211 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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051117439X (electronic book) |
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9780511174391 (electronic book) |
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9780521590808 (hardback) |
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0521590809 (hardback) |
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0521590809 (hardback) |
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