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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136133703321

Titolo

Credit, consumers and the law : after the global storm / / edited by Karen Fairweather, Paul O'Shea and Ross Grantham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-317-15807-5

1-315-57475-6

1-317-15808-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 pages)

Collana

Markets and the Law

Altri autori (Persone)

FairweatherKaren

GranthamRoss

O'SheaPaul (Australian lawyer and law teacher)

Disciplina

346.07/3

Soggetti

Consumer credit - Law and legislation - English-speaking countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Consumer law: paternalism, fragmentation, and centralised enforcement / Paul O'Shea, Karen Fairweather and Professor Ross Grantham -- It's for your own good : legal paternalism and New Zealand consumer credit laws / Kate Tokeley -- Credit : suitable for one or safe for everyone? / Gail Pearson -- Responsible lending : consumer protection and prudential regulation perspectives / Onyeka Osuji -- Can consumer law solve the problem of complexity in US consumer credit products? / Kathleen Engel -- Making payday loans safer : the Australian approach to regulating small and medium sized loans / Nicola Howell -- High cost credit in the United Kingdom : a philosophical justification for government intervention / Jodi Gardner -- Apples and oranges? : responsible mortgage lending in the UK and Australia / Karen Fairweather -- Sorting the sheep from the wolves in sheep's clothing : defining community development finance institutions as distinct from fringe lenders in efforts to address financial exclusion / Therese Wilson -- Unfair contract terms legislation : is it good consumer law? / Paul O'Shea -- The fragility of unfair terms law on bank charges: towards a complex re-litigation in the UK? / Mel Kenny and James Devenney -- The regulation of unfair terms in non-



professional suretyship agreements : lessons for the wider European Union harmonization agenda / James Devenney and Mel Kenny.