Business Excellence, Vol. 9 No. 1, 2015.
Review article
CONSUMER PROTECTION AND SOURCES OF COMMERCIAL LAW
Marko Babić
; Ustavni sud Republike Hrvatske
Abstract
Commercial law embraces different types of relations in exchanging goods and services, among which the most prominent place is taken by contract law with its trans-border and international features. Unlike in other private law branches, dispositive norms play a more signifi cant role in commercial law, in particular business customs and codified
commercial practices (usage of trade). However, a new field has recently come into view - consumer protection law which (not only in the European legal area) imposes peremptory norms aimed at protecting health, providing better information and strengthening
competitiveness between commercial entities.. Accordingly, the responsibility of traders in that field has also intensified. The issues related to competition law, however, also have a broader meaning within the framework of harmonisation of the Croatian law with the
new European private law. In that light there are issues related to terminology, conceptual clarity and systematic classifi cation of law.
Keywords
hierarchy of norms; consumer Protection; European law; class actions; legal sources; cogent norms
Hrčak ID:
139868
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Publication date:
15.6.2015.
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