Consumer protection in the age of the 'information economy' [electronic resource] / edited by Jane K. Winn. - Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2006. - vi, 456 p. - Markets and the law . - Markets and the law. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-433) and index.

From the jungle to the matrix : the future of consumer protection in light of its past / Norman Silber -- The Internet, consumer protection, and practical knowledge / Edward Rubin -- Globalization, the third way, and consumer law : the case of the U.K. / Iain Ramsay -- Information liability and the challenges of law reform : an introductory note / Michael Traynor -- Information technology standards as a form of consumer protection law / Jane K. Winn -- Distinguishing dastar : consumer protection, moral rights, and section 43(a) / Glynn S. Lunney, Jr -- Some copyright consumer conundrums / David McGowan -- New basics : 12 principals for fair commerce in mass-market software and other digital products / Jean Braucher -- Contract, not regulation : UCITA and high-tech consumers meet their consumer protection critics / Richard A. Epstein -- Rolling contracts as an agency problem / Clayton P. Gillette -- Online consumer standard form contracting practices : a survey and discussion of legal implications / Robert A. Hillman -- From consumer to person? : developing a regulatory framework for nonbank e-payments / Anita Ramasastry -- The failure of fair information practice principles / Fred Cate -- Privacy self regulation : a decade of disappointment / Chris Jay Hoofnagle.


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Consumer protection--Law and legislation--United States.
Information society.
Telematics--Law and legislation.


Electronic books.

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