Summer school 2016
Latest update : 2 August 2016.
SUMMER SCHOOL IN CONSUMER LAW
National, comparative and
international developments
OBJECTIVES
To offer an intensive and high-quality training in consumer law and policy with a special emphasis upon international and regional developments.
To promote exchanges of knowledge, experiences and practices between actors and participants from several legal systems.
To provide the participants with up-dated documentation materials.
To enhance the consolidation of a national and international network of expertise in consumer law and policy.
RECIPIENTS
Students, credited (the programme may be credited as a course for graduate students) or not.
Academics and researchers specialized or willing to specialize in consumer law and policy.
Judges, lawyers (approved activity by Barreau du Quebec - 30 h), consultants.
Officials of national administrations and/or public bodies in charge of consumer policy.
Officials of regional and international institutions competent for taking initiatives towards consumer protection and related matters at regional or international levels.
Heads of or lawyers working in consumer organizations and NGO’s concerned with related issues such as sustainable development, quality of life, health protection or fair trade.
Professionals, industry or trade associations.
LECTURERS
29 Professors and practitioners, all first-rank senior experts in consumer law and policy, from Canada, United States, Brazil and member countries of the European Union.
TOPICS
Rationales and contemporary challenges of consumer law and policy.
Digital society and consumer protection.
Consumer credit and overindebtedness.
Sustainable production and consumption patterns.
General product safety and market surveillance.
Access to justice and resolution of consumer disputes.
Recent developments in national consumer laws.
PLACE
Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Canada.
The GREDICC is not responsible for managing accommodation of participants, except for teachers of the Summer School.
We may publish the list of neighboring lodging establishments only as an accommodation.
LANGUAGES
French, English (with simultaneous translation).
MORE INFORMATION
Detailed programme, registration fees and procedures available at gredic.uqam.ca, or by contacting Prof. Thierry BOURGOIGNIE at bourgoignie.thierry@uqam.ca
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Speakers
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ALDERMAN, Richard
Professor, Law School, University of Houston, Houston, USA et Law School, University of New Mexico, Santa Fe, USA.
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Program
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