Another addition to the Summer reading list: Hans Micklitz (EUI) published a paper on the architecture of European consumer law and the need for innovation of its structure.
The abstract reads as follows:
'The paper is a translation of the Gutachten prepared for the 69.
Deutschen Juristentag to be held in September 2012. It pleads for a
separate consumer law code outside private law codifications. The
benchmarks are: rethinking the concept of the consumer (the vulnerable
consumer and the consumer/customer), focussing beyond traditional
consumer law on internet sales and on consumer services (telecom,
energy, transport, financial services), integrating and developing a
consistent approach to consumer law enforcement via individual and
collective action, via ADR, courts and administrative bodies. The
solution is seen in a movable system (bewegliches System) that allows
for connecting substantive rights and remedies to the different concepts
of consumers, vulnerable, confident and responsible.'
The paper can be downloaded here.
For more information on the German Juristentag, please refer to the conference website.
