Cartwright Peter

Consumer protection in financial services - London Kluwer Law International 1999 - 292p xxxi

Contents;
Foreword;
Sponsoring Organisations;
Editor's Preface;
List of Contributors;
Table of Legislation;
Table of Cases;
Introduction;
Consumer Protection in Financial Services: Putting the Law in Context;
Part I: Themes and Trends in Financial Services;
Chapter 1. The European Union, Financial Services, and the Consumer;
Chapter 2. The Ombudsmen and Consumer Protection;
Part II: Banking;
Chapter 3. Bank Confidentiality and the Consumer in the United Kingdom;
Chapter 4. Unilateral Variation in Banking Contracts: An 'Unfair Term'?
Chapter 5. Deposit Guarantees and the Individual Bank Customer;
Part III: Financial Services and Investments;
Chapter 6. Financial Services Regulation: Can History Teach Us Anything?;
Chapter 7. Pensions and the Consumer: Lessons from Overseas;
Chapter 8. Some Consumer Problems Relating to the Sale of Long-Term Insurance;
Part IV: Insurance;
Chapter 9. Insurance Law Reform for the Benefit of the Consumer: Some Lessons from Australia;
Chapter 10. Consumer Protection in Insurance Contracts;
Part V: Consumer Credit;
Chapter 11. Seeking Social Justice for Poor Consumers in Credit Markets;
Chapter 12. Racial and Gender Equality in Markets for Financial Services;
Index.


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