Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

Article Title

Consumer Protection and Social Methods of Continental and Anglo-American Contract Law and the Transnational Outlook

Authors

Andreas Maurer, Osgoode Hall Law School

Document Type

Symposium

Publication Date

Summer 2007

Publication Citation

14 Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies 353 (2007)

Abstract

Debates over the content of recent EU directives and U.S. statutory amendments related to consumer protection highlight the importance of such regulation. Criticism calling for a return to freedom of contract in both regions reflects a tension between social ideals related to equality between private parties, and a deep distrust of state intervention and market regulation. With the rise of private sources for transnational commercial standards and practices, there is an opportunity for states to facilitate selfregulation in lieu of producing public substantive regulations. This approach seems to satisfy a well-established need for consumer protection without exacerbating government intervention in private contracts.

Governing Contracts – Public and Private Perspectives, Symposium. Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, November 9-10, 2006

Recommended Citation

Maurer, Andreas (2007) "Consumer Protection and Social Methods of Continental and Anglo-American Contract Law and the Transnational Outlook," Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies: Vol. 14: Iss. 2, Article 8.
Available at: https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/ijgls/vol14/iss2/8