论消费者义务

本文基于消费者义务而展开论述,先对非理性消费行为的表现形式从三个角度作了界定,然后分析其成因和社会危害并论证了建构消费者义务规范体系的必要性。最后,从受教育义务和消费者特定信息的提供义务、守法义务和遵守约定义务、依法行使权利的义务、不得为害的义务和诚实守信的义务以及尊重社会公序良俗的义务等角度提出建议。     

网络交易平台提供商的法律定位

目前我国法律关于网络交易平台提供商的义务并无明文规定,各种纠纷发生后其所应当承担的法律责任如何认定亦是法律上的一个难题。网络交易平台提供商在性质上是独立于交易双方的中介,其通过平台的技术支持,实现交易的自动完成。因此,对于网络交易平台提供商不能完全套用现有的法律进行规制,应当根据其自身的特点设定其应当承担的法律义务及法律责任。网络交易平台提供商对于注册用户之间的交易纠纷应承担过错责任。     

建立我国消费者破产制度的构想

长期以来我国破产立法采企业法人破产主义 ,消费者不具备破产能力 ,这一立法上的滞后已对我国经济的发展造成了一定的负面影响。围绕消费者破产制度 ,文章阐述了建立我国消费者破产制度的必要性 ,提出了建立我国消费者破产制度的构想     

我国台湾地区消费者权益司法保护方法简析

消费者权益是一种分散的、弱小R权益,对其进行司法保护需要建立特别的诉讼制度。我国台湾地区借鉴西方国家的先进经验,建立了小额诉讼、选定当事人诉讼、团体诉讼和民事公诉制度,形成了消费者、消费者保护团体和政府共同参与维护消费者权益诉讼的司法保护体系。我们应当借鉴台湾地区的作法,完善我国消费者权益司法保护制度。     

Food safety and consumer trust in post-Fukushima Japan

Abstract

The contamination of food with radionuclides has posed serious problems to consumers, producers and policy makers in Japan since the Fukushima nuclear disaster of March 2011. Many Japanese consumers were and still are worried about the safety of domestic food products. How did the nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima affect consumer trust in food safety regulation, and how did the Japanese government try to (re)establish consumer trust in its food governance system? Drawing on empirical data from a consumer survey, expert interviews and documents issued by the Japanese government and public authorities, this paper argues that existing institutions had difficulty handling the situation and rebuilding consumer trust. I will argue that consumers in Japan lack trust in government institutions and the food industry and that the government's risk communication was not suitable for rebuilding trust. This specific situation saw the emergence of new actors from civil society, such as citizens’ radioactivity monitoring stations (CRMS). These actors took over some of the functions of public authorities by providing information and monitoring food. I argue that they have the potential to build trust by fostering the participation of lay people and encouraging a more democratic discourse on food safety. Nevertheless there are some limitations.     

China's soybean crisis: the logic of modernization and its discontents

Lester Brown sounded an alarm in 1995: who will feed China? Against this backdrop, this contribution examines China's dramatic turn from having been a soybean net exporter, up until the mid-1990s, to being the biggest importer of genetically modified (GM) soybeans, since 2000. With China's growing soybean imports, domestic soybean production has experienced a drastic fall, creating an outcry about a ‘soybean crisis’ in China. This paper examines competing interpretations about China's soybean imports and how a wide arrange of heated debates and critical reflections have emerged about China's position in globalization, the role of the state in food security, the safety of GM foods, consumer rights, what constitutes scientific authority, and the power of transnational corporations. In these debates, Chinese critics have very different views about the US and South America, where significant GM soybeans are produced for export to China.     

论消费者及消费者保护在经济法中的地位——“以人为本”理念与经济法主体和体系的新思考

“以人为本”理念和科学发展观的提出,为经济法的进一步发展提供了良好的契机。经济法的主体可以概括为消费者、经营者和管理者;消费者是经济法主体的核心。消费者的保护需要经济法,经济法是消费者保护的主要法律部门。我国应以消费者保护为中心,构造经济法的体系。     

消费生态环境的保护与可持续消费行为的制度分析

环境是一种特殊资产，它能为我们的生产和生活消费提供多种有价值的服务。保护好消费生态环境，可以减少无效消费支出和投资支出，并为可持续性消费行为奠定基础。     

我国消费者冷静期制度的构建

冷静期制度赋予消费者单方面撤销交易的权利,在直销、不动产、大件商品等交易过程中,能够有效地遏制经营者夸大宣传、造势促销等行为,充分的保护消费者的权益。我国消费者权益保护法在修订过程中,应适时建立我国的消费者冷静期制度,确立消费者单方交易撤回权,在权利行使的期限、适用范围、权利限制等方面做出具体的规定,为消费者权益提供更加有效的法律保障。     

分时度假的消费者保护初探

分时度假作为一种旅游创新产品,在上世纪90年代初被导入我国后,却引发大量纠纷,大大损害了消费者权益。就消费者保护而言,分时度假立法中必须创设信息披露、冷却期和托管三大制度。