Credit, consumers and the law : after the global storm / edited by Paul O'Shea, Karen Fairweather, Ross Grantham.

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Consumers, Credit and the Law Symposium (2013 : University of Queensland) [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
Description
xxiv, 262 pages ; 26 cm.

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    Series
    Markets and the law [More in this series]
    Notes
    • Includes index.
    • "This book came about as a result of a symposium entitled "Consumer, Credit and the Law" that was held in Brisbane, Australia, in July 2013"--Acknowledgements, page [viii].
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Consumer law: paternalism, fragmentation, and centralised enforcement / Karen Fairweather, Paul O'Shea and Ross Grantham
    • It's for your own good : legal paternalism and New Zealand consumer credit laws / Kate Tokeley
    • Credit : suitable for one or safe for everyone? / Gail Pearson
    • Responsible lending : consumer protection and prudential regulation perspectives / Onyeka K. Osuji
    • Can consumer law solve the problem of complexity in US consumer credit products? / Kathleen C. Engel
    • Making payday loans safer : the Australian approach to regulating small and medium sized loans / Nicola J. Howell
    • High cost credit in the United Kingdom : a philosophical justification for government intervention / Jodi Gardner
    • Apples and oranges? : responsible mortgage lending in the UK and Australia / Karen Fairweather
    • Sorting the sheep from the wolves in sheep's clothing : defining community development finance institutions as distinct from fringe lenders in efforts to address financial exclusion / Therese Wilson
    • Unfair contract terms legislation : is it good consumer law? / Paul O'Shea
    • The fragility of unfair terms law on bank charges: towards a complex re-litigation in the UK? / Mel Kenny and James Devenney
    • The regulation of unfair terms in non-professional suretyship agreements : lessons for the wider European Union harmonization agenda / James Devenney and Mel Kenny.
    ISBN
    • 9781472452344 ((hbk.))
    • 1472452348 ((hbk.))
    LCCN
    2016016771
    OCLC
    938995106
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