Hart Publishing Textbook Catalogue 2019

Consumer Law THIRD EDITION Consumer Law and Policy Text and Materials on Regulating Consumer Markets Iain Ramsay This third edition continues to provide a critical introduction to the legal regulation of consumer markets, situating it within the context of broader debates about rationales for regulation, the role of the state and the growth of neo-liberalism. It draws on interdisciplinary sources, assessing, for example, the increased influence of behavioural economics on consumer law. It analyses the Europeanisation of consumer law and the tensions between neo-liberalism and the social market, consumer protection and consumer choice, in the establishment of the single market ground rules. The book also assesses national, regional and international responses to the world financial crisis as reflected in the regulation of consumer credit markets. This edition incorporates recent legislative and judicial developments of the law, blending substantial extracts from primary UK, EU and international legal materials. Iain Ramsay is Professor of Law at the University of Kent. Oct 2012 9781849462624 710pp Pbk RSP: £49.99 Consumer Law Ius Commune Casebooks for a Common Law of Europe Edited by Hans-WMicklitz, Jules Stuyck and Evelyn Terryn The objective of this casebook, like others in the Ius Commune series, is to help uncover common roots, notwithstanding differences in approach, of the European legal systems, with a view to strengthening the common legal heritage of Europe. The casebook covers the big legal families in the EU and contains judgments from the supreme courts and other courts of the Member States. In view of the importance of EC legislation (eg harmonisation directives and regulations) in this field, the consumer law casebook contains much material derived from Community law, such as extracts from directives (eg on unfair contract terms, distance selling, doorstep selling, product liability, unfair commercial pratices etc) and judgments of the ECJ and national court decisions. Furthermore, attention is paid to the way in which, when interpreting EC directives in the consumer field, the ECJ refers to concepts common to the legal systems of the Member States and how the courts of the Member States incorporate the concepts found in the directives (as interpreted by the ECJ) in their legal systems. The casebook also compares harmonised and pre-harmonised law, especially in the case law of the Member States. The casebook concentrates on private law in the field of consumer protection but also addresses topics, in particular in the field of enforcement, that are primarily a matter of public law. Hans-W Micklitz is Professor of Law at the European University Institute, Florence. Jules Stuyck is Professor of Law at the K.U.Leuven, Belgium and director of the Study Centre for Consumer Law. Evelyne Terryn is Professor of Law at the K.U.Leuven, Belgium and a member of the Study Centre for Consumer Law. Mar 2010 9781841137490 688pp Pbk RSP: £49.99 Contract, Tort & Restitution Law 7 Key Ideas in Contract Law Nicholas McBride This book introduces the reader to a number of ideas and issues that underlie the English law of contract - an area of law that is often regarded as forbiddingly dry and technical but which is here made easy to understand and full of interest. Taking as its starting point the role contract law plays in helping markets to operate, the book explains how contract law regulates the commercial risks people take, while at the same time placing limits on what may be bought and sold, and ensuring that contractual powers are not unacceptably abused. A final chapter discusses how contract law can be used to make gifts of binding promises to other people. The book provides a rigorous and stimulating journey through the ideas underpinning contract law and is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the subject. Nicholas J McBride is a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Aug 2017 9781509907212 144pp Pbk RSP: £9.99 Key Ideas in Tort Law Peter Cane This book offers nine key ideas about tort law that will help the reader to understand its various social functions and evaluate its effectiveness in performing those functions. The book focuses, in particular, on how tort law can guide people’s behaviour, and the political and social environments within which it operates. It also provides the reader with a wealth of detail about the ideas and values that underlie tort ‘doctrine’ - tort law’s rules and principles, and the way those rules and principles operate in practice. The book is an accessible introduction to tort law that will provide students, scholars and practitioners alike with a fresh and engaging view of the subject. Peter Cane is a Senior Research Fellow at Christ’s College, Cambridge. Aug 2017 9781509909421 144pp Pbk RSP: £9.99