Better Regulation in EU Contract Law - The Fitness Check and the New Deal for Consumers
WEATHERILL Stephen , VAN SCHAGEN Esther
Description du produit
- Catégories: Contrats & Obligations
- Editeur: HART PUBLISHING
- Collection: Studies of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law
- ISBN: 9781509928354
- Date de publication: 26/12/2019
- Reliure : Broché
- Nombre de page : 232
- Langue: Anglais
Résumé
This book is the first to provide a critical investigation of EU better
regulation from the perspective of EU contract law. The Commission's
'New Deal for EU Consumers' is one of the first EU contract law
initiatives to implement both the newly revised Better Regulation
Guidelines and the newly introduced combined evaluation of multiple
Directives in the form of a 'fitness check'. This offers an opportunity
to explore difficulties and best practices at a national level, as
demonstrated by experience with the EU's Unfair Terms Directive. Both
the fitness check and the impact assessment accompanying the New Deal
should facilitate critical reflection on the design of EU contract law.
This
book addresses key questions. Do impact assessments favour business
interests at the expense of a high level of consumer protection? Is the
evaluation of EU contract law and the analysis in impact assessments in
line with scientific standards? Has the fitness check revealed
difficulties and success stories with EU measures at national level, and
thereby facilitated an in-depth scrutiny of the design of EU contract
law? Ultimately, is the potential of better regulation being realised?