Book contents
- Incomprehensible!
- Incomprehensible!
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Table
- Boxes
- Acknowledgments
- Part I The Concept
- Part II Application
- 4 Comprehension Asymmetries in Consumer Protection Law
- 5A Comprehension Asymmetries in Financial Regulation
- 5B Comprehension Asymmetries in the Law of Patents
- 5C Comprehension Asymmetries in Chemical Regulation
- 6 Comprehension Asymmetries in Administrative Process
- 7 Comprehension Asymmetries in Legislative Process
- Part III Reform
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - Comprehension Asymmetries in Consumer Protection Law
from Part II - Application
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 June 2019
- Incomprehensible!
- Incomprehensible!
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Table
- Boxes
- Acknowledgments
- Part I The Concept
- Part II Application
- 4 Comprehension Asymmetries in Consumer Protection Law
- 5A Comprehension Asymmetries in Financial Regulation
- 5B Comprehension Asymmetries in the Law of Patents
- 5C Comprehension Asymmetries in Chemical Regulation
- 6 Comprehension Asymmetries in Administrative Process
- 7 Comprehension Asymmetries in Legislative Process
- Part III Reform
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Consumer protection law is notoriously imbalanced with respect to the superior ability of sellers to process information as compared to their customers. Yet despite the resulting comprehension asymmetries, the design of consumer contract law and disclosure requirements regularly fail to encourage sellers to communicate meaningfully with the target audience. This chapter explores how consumer protection law tacitly encourages incomprehensibility and proposes reforms which would provide increased incentives for meaningful communication between buyers and sellers.
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- Incomprehensible!A Study of How our Legal System Encourages Incomprehensibility, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do About It, pp. 47 - 79Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019