LAWS 3205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Punitive Damages, Liquor Control Board Of Ontario, Market Structure

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Law
• Course: LAWS 3205
• Professor: Gilles Le Vasseur

Document Summary

Laws 3205a week 4 september 29th, 2016: gillian hadfield information based principles for rethinking consumer protection policy, hadfield argues that information works within: Regulatory regimes: proposes an information-based principles as a guide to redesign consumer protection policy. Response to global & complex consumer marketplace (could complex reference technological based marketplace?) Technology is a big player in terms of accessibility to information and an open forum to that information: consumer protection policy has routes in roman law. Weights and measures, food safety, dangerous drugs, general (cid:862)(cid:395)ua(cid:272)ke(cid:396)(cid:455)(cid:863). Ie: su(cid:271)(cid:449)a(cid:455) had legal issues (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause thei(cid:396) (cid:862)footlo(cid:374)g(cid:863) su(cid:271)s (cid:449)e(cid:396)e not always a foot long: drivers of consumer policy. Both expand range and availability of consumer goods and services: considerations for consumer policy. Information must be accurately framed or the company will risk litigation. Consumers generally want information on the products they are getting: objectives of consumer protection legislation. Prices for goods & services exceeding averages. Quality goods & services not to be defective.