NDLI: The Expulsion of the Concept of Protection from the Consumer Law and the Return of Social Elements in the Civil Law: A Bittersweet Polemic

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Micklitz, Hans W.
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Consumer law started in the 1960s and 1970s as consumer protection law, meant to compensate for the risks and deficiencies of the consumption society which led to an enormous increase. The target of the first generation of national consumer law was the weak consumers, those who could not cope with the increased choice and the resulting risks. The argument here presented is that the European Union by taking over consumer legislation gradually but steadily changed the outlook, from consumer protection law into consumer law. The weak consumer is not the one who is needed for the completion of the Internal Market. This is the famous average consumer which governs today’s’ normative design of the consumer law making and enforcement. However, the shift in paradigm does not set aside the need to strive for legal rules that cover the weakest in the society.
Starting Page	283
Ending Page	296
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01687034
Journal	Journal of Consumer Policy
Volume Number	35
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15730700
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2012-06-14
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Consumer law Private law European private law The average consumer The weak consumer Commercial Law Marketing Economic Policy Social Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Economics and Econometrics Business, Management and Accounting

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The Expulsion of the Concept of Protection from the Consumer Law and the Return of Social Elements in the Civil Law: A Bittersweet Polemic