Description
This module introduces students to the major issues of the European Consumer Protection Law. Special emphasis will be placed on the latest legal acts of the European Consumer Protection Law as well as on recent case-law by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).
Objectives
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to
Contents
Topics discussed comprise both theoretical issues such as the notion of the consumer and the reasons for regulatory intervention in the field of consumer protection (information asymmetry, reduced negotiating power of consumers, prevention of over-indebtedness), as well as specific issues regulated at European level, such as the sales of goods to consumers, unfair commercial practices, general terms of transactions, consumer credit, mortgage credit, payment services and the supply of digital content and digital services. Emphasis will also be placed on the methodology of approaching and assessing national law in the light of consumer protection directives, so that students can interpret national law according to EU law.
Academic Requirements
Participants are required to have at least some basic previous knowledge of Civil Law and Commercial Law.
Teaching method
The course will run under both seminar and workshop format, which requires a high degree of student activity. Students are expected to write a paper and make a presentation based on the paper (formative assessment). Participants to the classes will be supported through the discussion of jurisprudence and administrative cases, as well as by other practical cases and related legal materials.
Lecturers
The course is taught by Professor Paraskevi Paparseniou, Assistant Professor Christina Livada and Assistant Professor Iakovos Venieris.
Assessment and testing
Oral exam (70%)
One short paper assignment presented orally in the class (30%)