Professor Geraint Howells

European and Comparative Consumer Law

European and Comparative Consumer Law Geraint Howells places emphasis on the need to study law in a European and comparative context. He considers a better appreciation of most consumer law topics can be gained from studying how those matters are dealt with in other legal systems. The impact of Europe on consumer law in the United Kingdom is obvious to all and he is currently particularly interested in the question of where the line should be drawn between European and national competence. He is closely involved in the debates on the harmonisation of European private law, for instance working in the Acquis and Trento projects and being a participant in the European Contract Law Association (Secola) and Social Justice network.

Key Publications include

Comparative Product Liability (Dartmouth) 333pp + viii (1993)

Consumer Product Safety (Dartmouth) 388 pp + ix (1998)

European Consumer Law (Dartmouth, with T. Wilhelmsson) 464 pp + vii (1997)

"EC and US Approaches to Consumer Protection - Should the Gap be Bridged?" Yearbook of European Law 1997 207-267 (with Thomas Wilhelmsson).

"EC Consumer Law - Has it Come of Age?" (2003) 28 European Law Review 370-388 Other Publications

Other Publications

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• European and Comparative Consumer Law
• Product liability and safety
• Consumer contracts
• E-commerce
• Fair trading
• Access to justice

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