EU Consumer Law and Policy

第二版

2nd edition

Elgar European Law series

Stephen Weatherill, Jacques Delors Professor of European Law, Somerville College and Faculty of Law, Oxford University, UK

This new edition of Stephen Weatherill’s acclaimed book provides a comprehensive introduction to all facets of the EU’s involvement in consumer law and policy.

Consumers are expected to benefit from the EU’s project of economic integration, enjoying wider choice and improved quality, and yet they need protection from the dangers that flow from malfunctioning and unfair markets. The EU’s consumer law and policy is an attempt to have the best of both worlds – a liberalised yet properly regulated trading space for Europe.

Acclaim for the first edition:

‘As a whole, Stephen Weatherill crafts a detailed and wonderfully rich consideration of this dynamic issue and is a resource which practitioners in this area could ill do without. Weatherill’s thorough and thoughtful insights with regard to these issues provide an important basis for understanding the complexities and vagaries of market integration in the EU Community.’
– Peter G. Fitzgerald, Canadian Law Library Review

‘Steve Weatherill provides an excellent thought-provoking account of EU consumer law and policy. It will be required reading for all those interested in this important subject.’
– Paul Craig, St John’s College, Oxford, UK

‘This is a characteristically excellent book by Steve Weatherill, combining incisive legal analysis of an important policy field with an authoritative and up-to-date account of the underlying legal and constitutional framework.’
– Grainne de Burca, European University Institute, Italy