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Blood Highways

by Adam L. Penenberg ...

Blood Highways is the heart-wrenching account of the biggest product liability case in history: the Ford-Firestone fiasco. At the center of the story are two people: Tab Turner, a charismatic trial attorney from Arkansas, who has made a career out of forcing Ford and other automakers to own up to knowingly trade human lives for profits; and Donna Bailey, a single mother and outdoor enthusiast who ... Read more

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Blood Highways is the heart-wrenching account of the biggest product liability case in history: the Ford-Firestone fiasco. At the center of the story are two people: Tab Turner, a charismatic trial attorney from Arkansas, who has made a career out of forcing Ford and other automakers to own up to knowingly trade human lives for profits; and Donna Bailey, a single mother and outdoor enthusiast who
... Read more
Virtual Competition

The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy

by Ariel Ezrachi, Maurice E. Stucke ...

“A fascinating book about how platform internet companies (Amazon, Facebook, and so on) are changing the norms of economic competition.”—Fast CompanyShoppers with a bargain-hunting impulse and internet access can find a universe of products at their fingertips. But is there a dark side to internet commerce? This thought-provoking exposé invites us to explore how sophisticated algorithms and data ... Read more

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“A fascinating book about how platform internet companies (Amazon, Facebook, and so on) are changing the norms of economic competition.”—Fast CompanyShoppers with a bargain-hunting impulse and internet access can find a universe of products at their fingertips. But is there a dark side to internet commerce? This thought-provoking exposé invites us to explore how sophisticated algorithms and data
... Read more
More Than You Wanted to Know

The Failure of Mandated Disclosure

by Omri Ben-Shahar, Carl E. Schneider ...

How mandated disclosure took over the regulatory landscape—and why it failedPerhaps no kind of regulation is more common or less useful than mandated disclosure—requiring one party to a transaction to give the other information. It is the iTunes terms you assent to, the doctor's consent form you sign, the pile of papers you get with your mortgage. Reading the terms, the form, and the papers is ... Read more

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How mandated disclosure took over the regulatory landscape—and why it failedPerhaps no kind of regulation is more common or less useful than mandated disclosure—requiring one party to a transaction to give the other information. It is the iTunes terms you assent to, the doctor's consent form you sign, the pile of papers you get with your mortgage. Reading the terms, the form, and the papers is
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Código de Defesa do Consumidor e normas correlatas

Coletânea de legislação, #5

by senado ...

Series Book 5 - Coletânea de legislação
A obra contém o texto da Lei nº 8.078, cuja existência já fora prevista nos arts. 5º, XXXII, 150 e 170 do texto constitucional de 1988. Promulgada em 11 de setembro de 1990 e reconhecida internacionalmente como um avançado marco na proteção e defesa do consumidor, ela passou a regular as relações de consumo no Brasil há mais de vinte anos. Além dela, o volume apresenta os dispositivos da ... Read more

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A obra contém o texto da Lei nº 8.078, cuja existência já fora prevista nos arts. 5º, XXXII, 150 e 170 do texto constitucional de 1988. Promulgada em 11 de setembro de 1990 e reconhecida internacionalmente como um avançado marco na proteção e defesa do consumidor, ela passou a regular as relações de consumo no Brasil há mais de vinte anos. Além dela, o volume apresenta os dispositivos da
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Tilted

The Trials of Conrad Black, Second Edition

by Steven Skurka ...

It was the trial that captivated observers on both sides of the Atlantic. Media titan Conrad Black, by turns respected and reviled for decades in Canada and around the world, faced off with U.S. prosecutors on charges of criminal fraud stemming from his activities with Hollinger International.As the only Canadian writer to attend the trials of Conrad Black, lawyer Steven Skurka delivers a thorough ... Read more

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It was the trial that captivated observers on both sides of the Atlantic. Media titan Conrad Black, by turns respected and reviled for decades in Canada and around the world, faced off with U.S. prosecutors on charges of criminal fraud stemming from his activities with Hollinger International.As the only Canadian writer to attend the trials of Conrad Black, lawyer Steven Skurka delivers a thorough
... Read more
Il Condomino si Ribella

Come difendersi in Condominio e far valere i propri diritti

by Emiliano Cerro ...

Il Condomino si Ribella non è un romanzo ma la tua guida essenziale per navigare la complessa giungla condominiale armato di consapevolezza e diritti. Questo manuale pratico di tutela del consumatore ti offre gli strumenti legali e le strategie efficaci per: comprendere i tuoi diritti e doveri come condomino; contestare le delibere ingiuste e spese non dovute; gestire conflitti con vicini e ... Read more

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Il Condomino si Ribella non è un romanzo ma la tua guida essenziale per navigare la complessa giungla condominiale armato di consapevolezza e diritti. Questo manuale pratico di tutela del consumatore ti offre gli strumenti legali e le strategie efficaci per: comprendere i tuoi diritti e doveri come condomino; contestare le delibere ingiuste e spese non dovute; gestire conflitti con vicini e
... Read more
Gestión de quejas y reclamaciones en materia de consumo. COMT0110

by Emilio José Checa Hinojo ...

Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición del certificado de profesionalidad COMT0110. ATENCIÓN AL CLIENTE, CONSUMIDOR O USUARIO. Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificación y dinamización del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el ... Read more

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Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición del certificado de profesionalidad COMT0110. ATENCIÓN AL CLIENTE, CONSUMIDOR O USUARIO. Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificación y dinamización del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el
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Publicidade digital e proteção de dados pessoais

O direito ao sossego

by Arthur Pinheiro Basan ...

"(...) Fato é que, ao mesmo tempo em que os provedores desenvolvem ferramentas e aplicações cada vez mais sofisticadas para a captação dos dados e categorização dos consumidores, pressionam para que a legislação os isente de deveres e obrigações no tocante à proteção dos dados pessoais dos usuários, que emerge como um direito fundamental autônomo em face da evolução histórica da privacidade. A ... Read more

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"(...) Fato é que, ao mesmo tempo em que os provedores desenvolvem ferramentas e aplicações cada vez mais sofisticadas para a captação dos dados e categorização dos consumidores, pressionam para que a legislação os isente de deveres e obrigações no tocante à proteção dos dados pessoais dos usuários, que emerge como um direito fundamental autônomo em face da evolução histórica da privacidade. A
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The Singapore International Arbitration Act

A Commentary

by Nelson Goh, Jonathan Lim, Paul Tan ...

Over the past couple of decades Singapore has successfully established itself as one of the major centres for international dispute resolution. The Singapore International Arbitration Act (SIAA), originally enacted in 1994 to give effect to the Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, has been revised and amended four times over its lifetime, further strengthening Singapore's position as ... Read more

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Over the past couple of decades Singapore has successfully established itself as one of the major centres for international dispute resolution. The Singapore International Arbitration Act (SIAA), originally enacted in 1994 to give effect to the Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, has been revised and amended four times over its lifetime, further strengthening Singapore's position as
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Manual de direito na era digital - Consumidor

by Fernando de Paula Torre, Gustavo César Terra Teixeira, Jayme Barbosa Lima Netto, Luana Marina dos Santos, Pedro Quartin Graça, Ricardo Freitas Silveira ...

Series series Manual de direito na era digital
É com muito apreço que apresentamos essa Coletânea de Manuais de Direito Digital, elaborada com muito carinho para que todos os Universitários possam ter acesso a uma das mais dinâmicas áreas do Direito e vislumbrar um mundo novo; quando o Direito e as tecnologias se combinam, exigindo dos estudiosos do direito, uma compreensão além das leis. A compreensão do mundo digital tornou-se imprescindível ... Read more

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É com muito apreço que apresentamos essa Coletânea de Manuais de Direito Digital, elaborada com muito carinho para que todos os Universitários possam ter acesso a uma das mais dinâmicas áreas do Direito e vislumbrar um mundo novo; quando o Direito e as tecnologias se combinam, exigindo dos estudiosos do direito, uma compreensão além das leis. A compreensão do mundo digital tornou-se imprescindível
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The Ultimate Credit Defense Guide

by bazavious rivers ...

The Ultimate Credit Defense GuideA powerful, step-by-step guide to understanding, protecting, and rebuilding your credit. Designed to help individuals take control of their financial future with practical strategies and insider knowledge Master your credit with this essentials ... Read more

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The Ultimate Credit Defense GuideA powerful, step-by-step guide to understanding, protecting, and rebuilding your credit. Designed to help individuals take control of their financial future with practical strategies and insider knowledge Master your credit with this essentials
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Everyday Law for Consumers

by Michael L. Rustad ...

"Your toolkit for prevention, redemption, and occasionally retribution." -Ralph Nader Whenever you purchase goods or services in a personal, household, or family capacity, you are entitled to the rights and remedies of state and federal consumer law. Realistically, only a very small percentage of consumer problems can be addressed by hiring a private attorney. Everyday Law for Consumers teaches ... Read more

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"Your toolkit for prevention, redemption, and occasionally retribution." -Ralph Nader Whenever you purchase goods or services in a personal, household, or family capacity, you are entitled to the rights and remedies of state and federal consumer law. Realistically, only a very small percentage of consumer problems can be addressed by hiring a private attorney. Everyday Law for Consumers teaches
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Code de la construction et de l'habitation

Partie législative - Livre VI : Mesures tendant à remédier à des difficultés exceptionnelles de logement (droit français)

by Various ...

Découvrez le Code de la construction et de l'habitation, Partie législative - Livre VI, un ouvrage incontournable pour les professionnels du droit désireux de naviguer avec aisance dans les méandres des mesures visant à remédier aux difficultés exceptionnelles de logement. Ce livre, riche en dispositions réglementaires et en textes officiels, constitue une référence précieuse pour les avocats, ... Read more

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Découvrez le Code de la construction et de l'habitation, Partie législative - Livre VI, un ouvrage incontournable pour les professionnels du droit désireux de naviguer avec aisance dans les méandres des mesures visant à remédier aux difficultés exceptionnelles de logement. Ce livre, riche en dispositions réglementaires et en textes officiels, constitue une référence précieuse pour les avocats,
... Read more
The Overdraft Trap

How to Fight Back Against Predatory Banking

by Juan Rodulfo ...

Is your bank profiting from your financial struggle?Every year, banking institutions rake in billions of dollars through "junk fees" and predatory overdraft practices-often targeting those who can least afford it. In The Overdraft Trap: How to Fight Back Against Predatory Banking, Juan Rodulfo exposes the hidden mechanisms banks use to drain your account and provides a clear, actionable roadmap ... Read more

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Is your bank profiting from your financial struggle?Every year, banking institutions rake in billions of dollars through "junk fees" and predatory overdraft practices-often targeting those who can least afford it. In The Overdraft Trap: How to Fight Back Against Predatory Banking, Juan Rodulfo exposes the hidden mechanisms banks use to drain your account and provides a clear, actionable roadmap
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Dark Patterns, Deceptive Design, and the Law

AI’s Hidden Influence on Our Digital Experience

by MR Leiser ...

This book provides essential insights on dark patterns and AI-powered deceptive design for anyone who wants to understand and challenge the pervasive influence of these hidden forces shaping our digital experiences.These hidden design strategies – from personalised user interface triggers to sophisticated backend systems – are often used to manipulate user behaviour in ways that benefit businesses ... Read more

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This book provides essential insights on dark patterns and AI-powered deceptive design for anyone who wants to understand and challenge the pervasive influence of these hidden forces shaping our digital experiences.These hidden design strategies – from personalised user interface triggers to sophisticated backend systems – are often used to manipulate user behaviour in ways that benefit businesses
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Everyone’s Guide to South African Law

4th Edition

by Adriaan Anderson ...

The law affects us all, and even your most basic day-to-day choices and actions have legal implications. Yet few people have much knowledge of the law or understand complicated legal terminology – and lawyers’ fees are beyond many people’s reach. This book will provide you with the necessary information on a wide range of legal issues that may impact on your daily life – at work, in the home, on ... Read more

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The law affects us all, and even your most basic day-to-day choices and actions have legal implications. Yet few people have much knowledge of the law or understand complicated legal terminology – and lawyers’ fees are beyond many people’s reach. This book will provide you with the necessary information on a wide range of legal issues that may impact on your daily life – at work, in the home, on
... Read more
30 anos do Código de Defesa do Consumidor / 30 years of the Consumer Defense Code

A evolução das relações de consumo / The development of consumer affairs

by Amanda Celli Cascaes, Fabíola Meira de Almeida Breseghello, Patrícia Helena Marta Martins, Priscila David Sansone Tutikian ...

A obra reúne estudos dos membros do Comitê de Relações de Consumo do IBRAC que analisam os principais temas das relações de consumo no Brasil após 30 anos da promulgação do Código de Defesa do Consumidor. ... Read more

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A obra reúne estudos dos membros do Comitê de Relações de Consumo do IBRAC que analisam os principais temas das relações de consumo no Brasil após 30 anos da promulgação do Código de Defesa do Consumidor.
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Making Common Cents of Credit

A Common Sense Approach to Understanding, Managing, & Restoring Your Credit

by Franchesca Ross Jones, Edward Jamison ...

Financial literacy doesn't happen by magic. As adults, we're expected to make intelligent decisions about budgets, saving for retirement, and credit, but we don't teach these things in schools. Franchesca Ross-Jones is on a mission to change that. Making Common Cents of Credit is the education on credit and credit scores that you wish you had in high school. It explains what your credit score is, ... Read more

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Financial literacy doesn't happen by magic. As adults, we're expected to make intelligent decisions about budgets, saving for retirement, and credit, but we don't teach these things in schools. Franchesca Ross-Jones is on a mission to change that. Making Common Cents of Credit is the education on credit and credit scores that you wish you had in high school. It explains what your credit score is,
... Read more
Consumer Protection and the Digital Economy

A Research Companion

Edited by Christopher Willett, Elisabetta Bergamini ...

Series series Markets and the Law
This book examines the effects of digitalisation on consumers and markets, and whether consumer law rules are fit for purpose.Examining existing consumer law as it interconnects with the related spheres of competition law, intellectual property law, human rights law and dispute resolution regimes, it considers the future of rule and regime building for consumer protection in the face of digital ... Read more

$95.68 AUD

This book examines the effects of digitalisation on consumers and markets, and whether consumer law rules are fit for purpose.Examining existing consumer law as it interconnects with the related spheres of competition law, intellectual property law, human rights law and dispute resolution regimes, it considers the future of rule and regime building for consumer protection in the face of digital
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Medicare Made Easy: Benefits for American Retirees

by Roberto Miguel Rodriguez ...

"Medicare Made Easy" serves as the ultimate guide for American retirees seeking to understand and navigate the intricacies of Medicare. This comprehensive resource demystifies the federal health insurance program, breaking down its complexities into manageable and digestible sections to ensure that retirees make informed decisions tailored to their unique needs.Starting with the basics, the book ... Read more

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"Medicare Made Easy" serves as the ultimate guide for American retirees seeking to understand and navigate the intricacies of Medicare. This comprehensive resource demystifies the federal health insurance program, breaking down its complexities into manageable and digestible sections to ensure that retirees make informed decisions tailored to their unique needs.Starting with the basics, the book
... Read more
Proteção jurídica da criança consumidora: entretenimento, classificação indicativa, filmes, jogos, jogos eletrônicos, exposição de arte - 1ED - 2018

by Roberta Densa ...

"Assim fazendo, Roberta Densa apresenta o tom de sua obra: profunda, sem ser maçante; atual e inovadora. Nossas crianças, expostas a um fantástico mundo tecnológico, perderam a inocência das gerações passadas para um mundo rude, com heróis e vilões geralmente monstruosos, que se apresentam com muita frequência nos filmes e animações. Essa realidade está a exigir uma nova compreensão do universo ... Read more

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"Assim fazendo, Roberta Densa apresenta o tom de sua obra: profunda, sem ser maçante; atual e inovadora. Nossas crianças, expostas a um fantástico mundo tecnológico, perderam a inocência das gerações passadas para um mundo rude, com heróis e vilões geralmente monstruosos, que se apresentam com muita frequência nos filmes e animações. Essa realidade está a exigir uma nova compreensão do universo
... Read more
Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Safety

A Study in Public and Private Regulation

by Sonia Macleod, Sweta Chakraborty ...

Series series Civil Justice Systems
This book examines how regulatory and liability mechanisms have impacted upon product safety decisions in the pharmaceutical and medical devices sectors in Europe, the USA and beyond since the 1950s. Thirty-five case studies illustrate the interplay between the regulatory regimes and litigation. Observations from medical practice have been the overwhelming means of identifying post-marketing ... Read more

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This book examines how regulatory and liability mechanisms have impacted upon product safety decisions in the pharmaceutical and medical devices sectors in Europe, the USA and beyond since the 1950s. Thirty-five case studies illustrate the interplay between the regulatory regimes and litigation. Observations from medical practice have been the overwhelming means of identifying post-marketing
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Manual de Direito do Consumidor

by Rodrigo Cesar Picon de Carvalho ...

Percebendo a necessidade de se criar uma legislação na qual a pessoa que adquire produtos ou serviços - o consumidor - se equilibra no jogo do comércio com o fornecedor de produtos e serviços - naturalmente mais forte, o legislador criou um Código, que tenha como função principal proteger os consumidores de abusos provenientes de atos praticados pelos fornecedores. A este Código damos o nome de ... Read more

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Percebendo a necessidade de se criar uma legislação na qual a pessoa que adquire produtos ou serviços - o consumidor - se equilibra no jogo do comércio com o fornecedor de produtos e serviços - naturalmente mais forte, o legislador criou um Código, que tenha como função principal proteger os consumidores de abusos provenientes de atos praticados pelos fornecedores. A este Código damos o nome de
... Read more
Le RGPD expliqué à mon boss

by Gérard Haas ...

« Encore une réglementation européenne qui nous empêche de travailler ! », « Nous avons bien le temps d’ici à mai 2018 ! », « Pourquoi changer alors que nos concurrents maintiennent leurs pratiques ? », « Ce sujet, sans lien avec la productivité, ni avec nos performances commerciales n’est pas prioritaire pour nos actionnaires », « La CNIL ? elle ne nous a jamais contrôlés en 40 ans d’existence ! ... Read more

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« Encore une réglementation européenne qui nous empêche de travailler ! », « Nous avons bien le temps d’ici à mai 2018 ! », « Pourquoi changer alors que nos concurrents maintiennent leurs pratiques ? », « Ce sujet, sans lien avec la productivité, ni avec nos performances commerciales n’est pas prioritaire pour nos actionnaires », « La CNIL ? elle ne nous a jamais contrôlés en 40 ans d’existence !
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