Everyday Law for Consumers

Michael L. Rustad

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Routledge
30 December 2007

Law for the lay person; Consumer advice

"""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 practical self-help remedies that ordinary Americans can use to protect their consumer rights. Michael L. Rustad, a nationally known practicing attorney and legal scholar, translates into plain English the legalese that forms the basis for many common transactions, including consumer loans, credit repair, credit, consumer leases, usury, interest rates, Internet transactions, identity theft, distance contracts, home shopping, television advertisements, door-to-door sales, and telephone solicitations. Using real-life examples, sample complaint letters, and an appendix of further examples, this easy-to-read book empowers everyday people to become effective self-advocates in an increasingly consumer-driven society."

By: Michael L. Rustad
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 566g
ISBN: 9781594514524
ISBN 10: 1594514526
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 30 December 2007
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 Private Consumer Remedies; Chapter 2 Taking Direct Action by Filing a Complaint; Chapter 3 Small Claims Courts; Chapter 4 Choosing and Working with Your Own Lawyer; Chapter 5 Mandatory Arbitration: What You Should Know; Part 2 Common Law’s Consumer Protection; Chapter 6 Protecting Your Rights in Consumer Contracts; Chapter 7 Redressing Civil Wrongs: Torts and Defective Products; Part 3 Specific Consumer Protection; Chapter 8 Automobile Sales, Services, and Financing; Chapter 9 Obtaining Credit; Chapter 10 Banking, Credit Cards, and Debit Cards; Chapter 11 Credit Reports and Discrimination in Lending; Chapter 12 Your Debtor’s Rights and Remedies; Chapter 13 Protecting Home Sweet Home; Chapter 14 Consumer Protection in Cyberspace and Identity Theft;

Michael L. Rustad is Thomas F. Lambert Jr. Professor of Law and Codirector of the Intellectual Property Law Concentration at Suffolk University Law School. His articles and chapters have been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court and many state supreme courts. He has testified before both houses of Congress and has been interviewed by NBC's Dateline, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.

Reviews for Everyday Law for Consumers

This is a book that you can put down on your shelf to be used whenever you feel abused by sellers and manufacturers of services and products you have bought. Everyday Law for Consumers is your toolkit for prevention, redemption, and occasionally retribution when your dollars, your credit, your health and safety and peace of mind are at stake. You'll save more per hour of digesting and deploying the advice in Everyday Law for Consumers than you're likely to make per hour as an executive of the vendors who rip you off. Not their CEO, just a regular executive. Because your savings tend to repeat themselves, as with insurance, year after year. -Ralph Nader Everyday Law for Consumers is an engaging and informative book that encourages ordinary people to defend their rights as consumers in a marketplace increasingly driven by corporate interests. Everyone should read this superb book. -Joanne Doroshow, President and Executive Director of the Center for Justice and Democracy and Cofounder of Americans for Insurance Reform (AIR).