Waving goodbye to conflict of laws? Recent developments in European Union consumer law

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Introduction It is a widely held view that the law with respect to electronic commerce and consumer protection across national borders is in a state of chaos. It is whispered in the hallways of law schools that the Internet has brought about a new world which is expanding rapidly and forcing a myriad of jurisdictional and conflict of laws problems on us. Law students ask their teachers why they do not teach them ‘Internet law’. Governmental bureaucracies claim that there is great legal uncertainty, which hinders the growth of electronic commerce. A typical example of this position is the argument of the European Commission as to why it felt that a Directive on electronic commerce was necessary: The development of information society services within the Community is hampered by a number of legal obstacles to the proper functioning of the internal market which make less attractive the exercise of the freedom of establishment and the freedom to provide services; these obstacles arise from divergences in legislation and from the legal uncertainty as to which national rules apply to such services; in the absence of coordination and adjustment of legislation in the relevant areas, obstacles might be justified in the light of the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities; legal uncertainty exists with regard to the extent to which Member States may control services originating from another Member State. These assumptions rest on weak foundations. Consumer transactions through the Internet are still not very common, at least not in the European Union.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelInternational Perspectives on Consumers' Access to Justice
HerausgeberCharles Rickett, Thomas Telfer
Anzahl der Seiten23
ErscheinungsortCambridge
VerlagCambridge University Press
Erscheinungsdatum01.01.2003
Seiten384-406
ISBN (Print)052182432x, 9780521824323
ISBN (elektronisch)9780511494833
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PublikationsstatusErschienen - 01.01.2003
Extern publiziertJa

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