The effectiveness of consumer protection in private law












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            * The effectiveness of consumer protection in private law
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            Consumer protection from the perspective of substantive law, conflict of laws (private int

            and procedural law is a topic that currently belongs among priority issues of the Director
            for Justice, Consumers and Equality in the EU. The research focuses on both general trends
            of legal certainty – substantive law, governing law, jurisdiction) and specific features o

            protection in Czech law in terms of the implementation of directives (substantive law, dis
            litigation, arbitration, etc.).
            The project aspires to analyse the current concept of consumers and their position in law 

            From the point of view of civil law a consumer is undoubtedly just one of possible weaker 
            obligation; however, it is necessary that the term be redefined and its contours newly out

            to both the recent recodification of private law and further development of the Union legi
            proposal for a Common European Sales Law (CESL) has been withdrawn, however, at the same t
            of a new concept of a Digital Contract is being contemplated, which raises questions regar

            impact on domestic regulation of consumer affairs, its stratification and overlapping. It 
            to open a debate regarding the extent of desirable consumer protection anew. Ambivalence o
            ‘consumer’ is also reflected in relevant professional literature (in this regard different

            active consumer and a passive consumer is made). A negative – and undesirable – consequenc
            consumer protection is that it might happen that protection is given to consumer’s reckles
            irresponsibility. This observation is based on knowledge that when creating regulations co

            protection, and more so when applying and interpreting them, it is necessary to have in vi
            protective purpose of relevant legal regulations, but at the same time seek that rights an
            in a particular case are just (fair), i.e. reasonable, balanced and in particular proporti

            one?sidedly favouring, pro?consumer approach. What is problematic is the assessment in cas
            of a particular entity have mixed characteristics, i.e. they have the features of both con
            entrepreneurial acts. Another disputable issue is whether a professional entering into a c

            another professional may be, under certain circumstances, protected as a consumer. The aim
            is to analyse the indicated issues, as well as other issues connected therewith.




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            * Selected outputs
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              ZÁKOUCKÝ, P. Energetický zákon. Komentář (Energy Act, Commentary, in Czech). Praha: Wolt
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            • PAUKNEROVÁ, Monika, SKALSKÁ, Helena. Enforcement and Effectiveness of Consumer Law in th
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            • ČECH, Petr. Kolik nepoctivosti leží mezi pražským Zličínem a Vršovicemi, Poříčím a Vinoh
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