Consumer Protection

Consumer protection in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of consumer protection.

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Legal English Vocabulary: Consumer Protection in Spanish

Online translation of the English legal term consumer protection into Spanish: protección del consumidor (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.

Related to the Legal Thesaurus

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• consumer protection in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• consumer protection in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Consumer Protection

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Consumer Protection : The protection, especially by legal means, of consumers (those who contract otherwise than in the course of a business to obtain goods or services from those who supply them in the course of a business). It is the policy of current legislation to protect consumers against unfair contract terms. In particular they are protected against terms that attempt to exclude or restrict the seller’s implied undertakings that he has a right to sell the goods, that the goods conform with either description or sample, and that they are of satisfactory quality and fit for their particular purpose (Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977). EU directive 93/13 renders unfair terms in consumer contracts void; it is implemented in the UK by the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999. The Office of Fair Trading runs a special unfair terms unit, which investigates cases in this field. There is also provision for the banning of unfair *consumer trade practices (Fair Trading Act 1973). Consumers (including individual businessmen) are also protected when obtaining credit (Consumer Credit Act 1974) and there is provision for the imposition of standards relating to the safety of goods under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 and the General Product Safety Regulations 1994. There are, in addition, many legislative measures that are product-specific, such as toy safety regulations. For tort liability under the Consumer Protection Act, See products liability.

Consumer Protection Legislation in the Economic Activity

An introductory concept of Consumer Protection Legislation may be: laws aimed at protecting consumers, for instance by assuring that consumers have more complete information about items they are considering buying

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See Also

• Trade
• Market
• White Market
• Financial Market
• Trade Law
• Competition Law

Consumer Advocacy
and Protection

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Further Reading

• ˜ ˜A Consumer Warning on NewRipoffs. ™ ™ Money, March
  1992: 34.
  Cook, Gareth G. (1995). ˜ ˜The Case for (Some) Regulation. ™ ™
  Washington Monthly, March: 34.
  ˜ ˜Is Lawsuit Reform Good for Consumers? ™ ™ Consumer Reports,
  May 1995, 312.
  Kemper, Vicki. (1995). ˜ ˜A Citizen for All Seasons. ™ ™
  Common Cause Magazine, Spring: 12.
  Mayer, Robert N. (1989). The Consumer Movement: Guardians
  of the Marketplace. Boston: Twayne.
  Reeve, Simon. (1998). ˜ ˜Web Attack. ™ ™ European, January 26:
  20.
  Saucer, Caroline. (1998). ˜ ˜Small Group, Big Impact. ™ ™ Best ™s
  Review, March: 50.
  ˜ ˜Unsafe at Any Megahertz: Ralph Nader Is Taking on Bill
  Gates. Is Consumerism Still a Force in America? ™ ™
  Economist, October 11, 1997: 80.
  LAURIE COLLIER HILLSTROM
• Consumer Advocacy
  and Protection in the Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, 3rd Edition, Macmillan Reference USA, 2014

Hierarchical Display of Consumer protection

Trade > Consumption > Consumer
Business And Competition > Competition > Restriction on competition
Law > Civil law > Civil law > Liability > Producer’s liability
Social Questions > Health > Health policy > Organisation of health care > Public health
Environment > Deterioration of the environment > Pollution > Food contamination
Trade > Marketing > Marketing > Advertising
Social Questions > Health > Nutrition > Food safety
Law > Civil law > Civil law > Contract > Common Frame of Reference
Business And Competition > Competition > Restriction on competition > Advertising malpractice
Social Questions > Construction and town planning > Housing > Housing law
Finance > Prices > Prices policy > Publishing of prices
Law > Justice > Judicial proceedings > Collective redress

Meaning of Consumer protection

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Translation of Consumer protection

• Spanish: Protección del consumidor
• French: Protection du consommateur
• German: Verbraucherschutz
• Italian: Protezione del consumatore
• Portuguese: Proteção do consumidor
• Polish: Ochrona konsumenta

Thesaurus of Consumer protection

Trade > Consumption > Consumer > Consumer protection
Business And Competition > Competition > Restriction on competition > Consumer protection
Law > Civil law > Civil law > Liability > Producer’s liability > Consumer protection
Social Questions > Health > Health policy > Organisation of health care > Public health > Consumer protection
Environment > Deterioration of the environment > Pollution > Food contamination > Consumer protection
Trade > Marketing > Marketing > Advertising > Consumer protection
Social Questions > Health > Nutrition > Food safety > Consumer protection
Law > Civil law > Civil law > Contract > Common Frame of Reference > Consumer protection
Business And Competition > Competition > Restriction on competition > Advertising malpractice > Consumer protection
Social Questions > Construction and town planning > Housing > Housing law > Consumer protection
Finance > Prices > Prices policy > Publishing of prices > Consumer protection
Law > Justice > Judicial proceedings > Collective redress > Consumer protection

See also

• Restriction on competition
• Price agreement
• Non-competition clause
• Dumping
• Monopoly
• Refusal to sell
• Voluntary restraint
• Advertising malpractice
• Comparative advertising
• Oligopoly
• Dominant position
• Oligopsony
• Refusal to bid
• Producer’s liability
• Public health
• Health legislation
• Health risk
• Public hygiene
• Reproductive health
• Food contamination
• Advertising
• Unsolicited electronic advertising
• Advertising budget
• Impact of advertising
• Food safety
• Common Frame of Reference
• Advertising malpractice
• Housing law
• Rent regulations
• Low rent
• Publishing of prices

• Product quality
• Designation of origin
• Producer’s liability
• Competitiveness
• Marketing standard
• Industrial manufacturing
• Trademark
• Quality control circle
• Quality standard
• Quality control of agricultural products
• Production improvement
• Quality label
• Product safety
• Toxic substance
• Producer’s liability
• Safety standard
• Industrial manufacturing
• Consumer movement
• Trends of opinion
• Social movement
• Consumer information
• Social labelling
• Labelling