South Africa has a Constitution that is celebrated internationally because it recognises that
economic and social rights are just as important as civil and political rights. These rights are …

The recent introduction of the Consumer Protection Act revolutionised consumer rights in
South Africa. It also fundamentally altered the way in which businesses are required to treat …

The vast majority of jurisdictions (in particular, the European Union and South Africa)
conform to the United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection, whereby governments …

Consumers in South Africa are said to be amongst the most protected in the world. Since the
introduction of the National Credit Act (NCA) and the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) the …

The law has protected consumers for centuries: Roman law provided for warranties against
latent defects in the sale of goods and slaves2 and even the Magna Carta required …

The chapter first analyses the principal legal and policy framework for the enforcement of
consumer law in South Africa. The country does not have one unified law on consumer …

The thesis examines the enforcement of consumer rights in South Africa, and is set against
the backdrop of the underlying principles and theories on the enforcement of consumer …

Although consumer protection is not a new concept in South African law, the Consumer
Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA) now provides for a much more comprehensive and …

This contribution seeks to examine the consumer protection law and policy in Kenya with a
view to understand how consumer issues, such as product safety and product liability, are …

" The Australian Consumer Law came into operation on 1 January 2011 as a single national
law. It replaced 17 different pieces of Commonwealth, State and Territory legislation relating …