Overview

This book provides a thorough and up-to-date account of what is state-of-the-art in the field of contracts relating to selected financial services such as insurance, loans and payments services. It also explores the resolution of disputes arising out of such contracts by ADR bodies in Europe, at national and EU level. In parallel with offering a comparative survey of the most recent legal developments in Europe, the book sheds light on the significance of financial ombudsman bodies for the efficient resolving of consumer disputes. Further, the book illustrates solutions and policies aimed at ensuring a high level of consumer financial education.

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Author:   Piotr Tereszkiewicz ,  Mariusz Golecki
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Volume:   3
Weight:   0.917kg
ISBN:  

9789004534384

ISBN 10:   9004534385
Pages:   458
Publication Date:   24 February 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Foreword Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction: Financial Consumers, Complex Contractual Products, and Dispute Resolution – Setting the Scene  Piotr Tereszkiewicz Part 1: Consumer Protection across Different Financial Products 1 Consumer Protection in Polish Insurance Law  Piotr Tereszkiewicz and Katarzyna Południak-Gierz 2 Consumer Protection in Portuguese Insurance Law  Rui Mascarenhas Ataíde and Francisco Rodrigues Rocha 3 Consumer Protection regarding Banking Deposit Products in Greek Law  Georgios Mentis 4 Judicial Review of Standard Business Terms in Payment Services Contracts in German Law  Sebastian Omlor and Hans Wilke Part 2: Foreign Currency Loans in Europe 5 Foreign Currency Loans in Hungary  András Pomeisl 6 Foreign Currency Loans in Croatia  Emilia Mišćenić 7 Foreign Currency Loans in France  Mariola Lemonnier 8 Foreign Currency Loans in Slovenia  Jorg Sladič 9 Foreign Currency Loans in Italy  Marta Infantino 10 Complex Mortgage Loans in Spain  Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell 11 Foreign Currency Loans and Directive 93/13: The CJUE as a Legal Architect  Piotr Tereszkiewicz Part 3: Financial Ombudsman Bodies and Consumer Protection 12 Mind the Consumer Protection Gap: The UK Financial Ombudsman Service, Fairness and Reasonableness, and the Law  Ugochi Amajuoyi and Andrea Fejős 13 Comparative Perspective on the Banking and Financial Ombudsman: Current Limitations and Possible Solutions  Francesca Bichiri and Cristina Poncibò 14 The Financial Arbitrator in the Czech Republic  Josef Kotásek 15 Collective Redress for Consumers of Financial Services  Noah Vardi 16 Judicial Governance and the Financial Markets from the Law and Economics Perspective  Mariusz J. Golecki 17 The Role and Nature of Financial Ombudsman Institutions in Business-related Human Rights  Jernej Letnar Černič Part 4: The Way Forward: Building Consumer Protection through Financial Education 18 Financial Education: A Human Rights Perspective on Financial Literacy  Karolina Mendecka 19 A Comparative Analysis of National Financial Education Strategies among the Visegrad Group  Grażyna Borys 20 Household Approaches to New Technologies in Financial Education in Poland  Małgorzata Iwanicz-Drozdowska, Ewa Cichowicz and Łukasz Kurowski Index

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Piotr Tereszkiewicz, M.Jur. Oxford (2005); Ph.D. & LL.D. Jagiellonian University in Cracow (2005, 2015), is a Professor of Private Law at Jagiellonian University. His research, published in English, German and Polish, focuses on European and comparative contract and consumer law as well as the law of financial services. Mariusz Jerzy Golecki, LL.M Cambridge (2001), Ph.D. & LL.D. Lodz (2004, 2013), is a Judge in the Supreme Administrative Court in Poland, a Professor at the University of Lodz. He was the Financial Ombudsman in Poland (2019-2021). He is the author of 5 monographs and 90 or so academic articles.

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