Overview

Consumer law, particularly consumer credit law, is characterised by increasingly complex regulation in Western economies. Reacting to the Global Financial Crisis, governments in the UK, the EU, Australia, New Zealand and the United States have adopted new laws dealing with consumer credit, responsible lending, consumer guarantees and unfair contracts. Drawing together authors from all of these jurisdictions, this book analyses and evaluates these initiatives, and makes predictions as to their likely success and possible flaws.

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Author:   Karen Fairweather ,  Paul O'Shea ,  Ross Grantham
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.690kg
ISBN:  

9781472452344

ISBN 10:   1472452348
Pages:   286
Publication Date:   06 October 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgements Contributors Table of Cases Table of Legislation Part 1- Issues and Themes 1. Consumer Law: Paternalism, Fragmentation, and Centralised Enforcement Dr Paul O’Shea, Karen Fairweather and Professor Ross Grantham Part 2- Functional Perspectives 2. It’s for your Own Good: Legal Paternalism and New Zealand Consumer Credit Laws Kate Tokeley 3. Credit – Suitable for One or Safe for Everyone? Professor Gail Pearson 4. Responsible Lending: Consumer Protection and Prudential Regulation Perspectives Dr Onyeka Osuji 5. Can Consumer Law Solve the Problem of Complexity in US Consumer Credit Products? Professor Kathleen Engel Part 3 - Responsible Lending and Financial Exclusion 6. Making Payday Loans Safer: the Australian Approach to Regulating Small and Medium Sized Loans Nicola Howell 7. High Cost Credit in the United Kingdom: A Philosophical Justification for Government Intervention Jodi Gardner 8. Apples and Oranges? Responsible Mortgage Lending in the UK and Australia Karen Fairweather 9. 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 Dr Therese Wilson Part 4 - Unfair Contract Terms 10. Unfair Contract Terms Legislation: Is it Good Consumer Law? Dr Paul O’Shea 11. The Fragility of Unfair Terms Law on Bank Charges: Towards a Complex Re-Litigation in the UK? Professor Mel Kenny and Professor James Devenney 12. The Regulation of Unfair Terms in Non-Professional Suretyship Agreements: Lessons for the Wider European Union Harmonization Agenda Professor James Devenney and Professor Mel Kenny Index

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'A timely, insightful and cohesive set of expert commentaries on more paternalistic, cohesive and publically-enforced consumer credit regulation after the GFC, focusing on the UK, USA and Australia.' Professor Luke Nottage, University of Sydney, Australia 'In summary, the book provides a most interesting and up-to-date picture of consumer credit regulation. It highlights the changing landscape of this field and provides unique insights into the various problems involved. Albeit its main focus is on the UK and Australia, the ideas contained in the book are highly applicable to other jurisdictions as well. The conclusions and recommendations of the different chapters are likely to influence the views of policymakers and the working practices of financial institutions, thus materially improving the status and rights of consumers.' Professor Ruth Plato-Shinar, Director of the Center for Banking Law Netanya Academic College, Israel

A timely, insightful and cohesive set of expert commentaries on more paternalistic, cohesive and publically-enforced consumer credit regulation after the GFC, focusing on the UK, USA and Australia. Luke Nottage, Professor of Comparative and Transnational Business Law, University of Sydney

'A timely, insightful and cohesive set of expert commentaries on more paternalistic, cohesive and publically-enforced consumer credit regulation after the GFC, focusing on the UK, USA and Australia.' Professor Luke Nottage, University of Sydney, Australia

Author Information

Karen Fairweather is an Associate Lecturer at the TC Beirne School of Law, the University of Queensland. Prior to this she was a lecturer at Durham University in the UK. She has taught contract law, trusts, legal history and civil remedies. She has a particular interest in the history of consumer credit law and has published widely on historical aspects of consumer credit as well as on contemporary developments in the field. Paul O’Shea was a Senior Lecturer at the TC Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland and is now principal solicitor and director of O’Shea Lawyers. He is one of Australia’s leading researchers in consumer law, particularly consumer credit law. He has taught consumer and commercial law at universities in Australia and throughout Asia and has published extensively in this field. His research has been cited in superior court decisions and by the Australian Commonwealth Treasury in support of legislation regulating consumer credit. Ross Grantham is a Professor of Commercial Law at the TC Beirne School of Law, the University of Queensland and the Director of the Australian Centre for Private Law. He is the author of a number of monographs, casebooks, and numerous scholarly journal articles, and has co-edited four collections of essays. He is a member of the editorial boards of The Company Lawyer and the Journal of Corporate Law Studies and is the Australian editor of the Journal of Business Law. He was Dean of Law and Head of School at the TC Beirne School of Law between 2007 and 2012, having been Deputy Head of School 2005–2006, and Director of Research 2004–2005.

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