This reliable source explores the traditional areas in consumer protection and covers the state and federal laws dealing with electronic transactions. The expert discussion in Law in a Nutshell: Consumer Protection Law includes topics on public and private actions to regulate consumer markets; methods of inducing consumer transaction; the consumer credit market; credit reports; identity theft; credit repair; and equal access to credit. The text also addresses disclosure terms in consumer transactions, regulating the cost of credit, and other terms in consumer transactions.
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Enhances understanding of consumer protection law;
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Table of Contents includes:
Introduction to Consumer Transaction Law;
Public and Private Actions to Regulate;
Consumer Markets;
Methods of Inducing Consumer Transaction;
The Consumer Credit Market;
Credit Reports, Identity Theft, Credit Repair, and Equal Access to Credit;
Disclosure of Terms in Consumer Credit Transactions;
Regulating the Cost of Credit;
Regulation of Other Terms in Consumer Transactions;
Post-Transaction Problems.
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