ISBN: 9781859417409    Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Year of publishing: 2003     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 296        

This new edition incorporates all the main areas of the subject, from sale of goods through consumer credit to agency and international trade. It has been thoroughly updated to include coverage of many recent legal developments in the area of consumer law. These include changes to the law on distance selling, stop now orders, and ecommerce. Impending or proposed new legislation in the areas of consumer guarantees, a general duty to trade fairly with consumers and reviews of consumer credit law have also been covered. Recent case law has been included such as decisions on the meaning of 'credit' in the Consumer Credit Act 1974, 'acceptance' in relation to loss of the buyer's right to reject defective goods and 'in the course of business' in the Sale of Goods Act 1979, and Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977.
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Paul Dobson, LLB, Barrister, is the independent Code Administrator for the Direct Selling Association and is a Visiting Professor of Law at Anglia Polytechnic University and Greenwich University. Jo Reddy, LLB, LLM, Barrister, has been lecturing to students in the UK and overseas in contract and commercial laws since 1985 and is currently a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Hong Kong.
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