Virtues and Consumer Law

15th International Conference on Consumer Law

June 29 – July 1, 2015, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

What makes consumer protection  law fit for consumers and businesses? The conference will address this question from various angles, dealing with various virtues and how they relate to consumer protection law.

The theme encompasses a variety of consumer protection consideratons. For example:

• Fairness (unfair commercial practices, unfair contract terms, good faith and fair dealing, protection of micro-enterprises),
• Frugality (financial services, banking, loans),
• Hope (over-indebtedness and clean-slate doctrine),
• Curiosity (influence of new technologies and innovation on consumer protection),
• Compassion (consumer vulnerability),
• Self-realization and Self-development (consumer protection and entertainment services, tourism, education and training),
• Forgiveness (mediation, ADR and private and public enforcement of consumer protection legislation),
• Trust and Respect (data protection, privacy and security and consumer protection),
• Faith (the role of the principle of pacta sunt servanda in consumer law, ADR mechanisms)
  
  

Date: June 29 – July 1, 2015

Place: University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law, Oudemanhuispoort 4-6, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Registration and more information:

www.csecl.uva.nl/iac/2015/virtues-and-consumer-law.html

email: conference@uva.nl or iacl-fdr@uva.nl