Consumer ADR in Europe

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-84946-348-5
Verlag: Hart Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 516 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1021 g

Reihe: Civil Justice Systems

This is the first systematic comparative study into how consumer ADR systems (usually ombudsmen and mediateurs) work, the differing national architectures within which they operate and how they can be improved. It describes ADR schemes in Belgium, France, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom as well as emerging pan-EU dispute resolution schemes. Use of the techniques of mediation, conciliation and adjudication are noted. It also covers EU measures on consumer ADR, and 2011 proposals for legislation on ADR and ODR. Data on volumes, cost and duration of ADR schemes are compared, both between different systems and with courts. The authors' findings underpin EU and national developments, and outline options for future policy. Findings and proposals are included for the functions, scope, performance, essential requirements, architecture and operation of ADR systems. The relationships between ADR, courts and regulators are discussed, and need for reforms are noted. This is a ground-breaking work that will have a major impact on European legal systems.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hodges, Christopher

Benoehr, Iris

Creutzfeldt-Banda, Naomi

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Europarecht Europäisches Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsrecht, Währungsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Alternative Redress Mechanisms for Consumers in the EUAlternative Redress Mechanisms in Member States: 1.France 2.Germany 3.Lithuania 4.the Netherlands 5.Poland 6.Slovenia 7.Spain 8.Sweden 9.the United Kingdom Cross-border ADR systemsoWIPOoEuroLeaseoDirect Selling AssociationoothersExamples of selected ADR schemesFindings and Discussion of the Models, including comparative statistics Conclusions and RecommendationsAppendices -Commission Recommendation 98/25/EC-Commission Recommendation 2001/310/EC-Voluntary European Code of Conduct for Mediators-OECD -Directive 2008/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on certain aspects of mediation in civil and commercial matters-Proposal for a Framework Directive on ADR-Proposal for a Directive on ODR-Commission Communication on ADR, November 2011-UNCITRAL draft Rules

Über Autor(innen)

Benoehr, Iris
Iris Benöhr is a Post-Doctoral Research Officer at the Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford.

Creutzfeldt-Banda, Naomi
Naomi Creutzfeldt-Banda is a Post-Doctoral Research Officer at the Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford.

Hodges, Christopher
Christopher Hodges is Head of the CMS Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford and Erasmus Professor of the Fundamentals of Private Law, Erasmus University.

Christopher Hodges is Head of the CMS Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford and Erasmus Professor of the Fundamentals of Private Law, Erasmus University.Iris Benohr is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford.Naomi Creutzfeldt-Banda is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford.