tailieunhanh - Consumer Protection and the Criminal Law Law, Theory, and Policy in the UK

Consumer protection law and criminal law have both received considerable analysis from academic lawyers. The role of legal intervention with the aim of protecting the consumer has come in for scrutiny in a number of seminal works, many of which concentrate upon the role of consumer law in the marketplace. The role of criminal law has also been discussed by a large number of leading commentators, with particular attention being paid to the boundaries of criminal sanctions, and particular concern being addressed to increasing criminalisation. Against this background, it is surprising that so little has been written about the role of criminal sanctions in the protection of the consumer | Consumer Protection and the Criminal Law Law Theory and Policy in the UK Peter Cartwright Cambridge Cambridge more information - 0521590809 This page intentionally left blank Consumer Protection and the Criminal Law Law Theory and Policy in the UK To what extent should criminal law be used to protect the consumer In this important new study Peter Cartwright evaluates the role of criminal law sanctions in consumer protection from an economic and social perspective. The author examines the rationales for protecting consumers and considers the role that legal techniques play in fulfilling these. He then evaluates the interests that consumer law protects such as physical integrity and economic interests. In addition he analyses the nature of criminal law doctrines such as strict corporate and vicarious liability and suggests that such doctrines require re-evaluation in the light of the reality of the corporate entity. This study will be of interest to academics undergraduate and postgraduate students and practitioners. PETER CARTWRIGHT is a senior lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Nottingham. He specialises in consumer protection criminal law and banking regulation. His publications include Consumer Protection in Financial Services 1999 as well as many .