{"product_id":"9780792327707","title":"European Consumer Policy after Maastricht","description":"\u003ch1\u003eEuropean Consumer Policy after Maastricht\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eReich, N.; Woodroffe, Geoffrey\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEuropean Consumer Policy after Maastricht\u003c\/em\u003e raises both  `horizontal' and `vertical' issues of consumer policy in the European  Community and associated countries. The work was prompted by three  important `constitutional' events in Europe: the completion of the  Internal Market on 31 December 1992, the adoption of the Maastricht  Treaty on Political Union, and the conclusion of the Agreement on the  European Economic Area (EEA). \u003cbr\u003e  The `horizontal' papers in Part I are concerned both with analyzing  the `acquis' of consumer policy in Europe and with new directions as  well as obstacles. The keynote paper by Micklitz and Weatherill gives  an overall analysis of the political and legal bases of consumer  policy from both the Internal Market and the Political Union  perspectives. It is followed by two papers on subsidiarity by Gibson  and Dahl which take up and clarify a somewhat confusing and irritating  discussion in the EC. Lothar Maier is concerned with the function and  role of the Consumer's Consultative Council in the EC of which he is  the President; Monique Goyens with the opportunities and especially  the shortcomings of consumer interest lobbying in the EC by her  association, BEUC. The papers by Schmitz, Micklitz, Wilhelmsson and  Krämer raise controversial and still unresolved policy and legal  issues which go beyond traditional consumer policy via directives,  e.g. in commercial marketing, cross-border litigation, contract law  matters and conflicts between consumer and conflicts between consumer  and environmental policy. \u003cbr\u003e  Part II is concerned with national perspectives. The individual  country reports relate to the EC and EEA countries and to Switzerland.  They document the diverse -- sometimes protective, sometimes  disturbing -- impact of EC lawmaking on national legislation, court  practice and enforcement. They demonstrate that law harmonization is a  painstaking process towards the goal of creating a European legal area  withcommon protective standards. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1994-04-30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792327707\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-017-1484-6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 240cm x160cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 331\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46312279244940,"sku":"9780792327707","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792327707.jpg?v=1771523301","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780792327707","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}