"Standard Contract Terms" and "Consumer Protection"
Publication | 20.01.2011
in "Compendium of Japanese Business Law", ed. Baum/Bälz (Cologne 2011), p. 521-532 and p. 567-603 (in German)
Author(s): Dr. Marc Dernauer, LL.M.
In this German-language compendium on Japanese business law (German title: "Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen" and "Verbraucherschutz" in "Handbuch Japanisches Handels- und Wirtschaftsrecht"), Dr. Marc Dernauer, LL.M., attorney-at-law at HOFFMANN EITLE, discusses the law of standard contract terms and consumer law in Japan. In a chapter on standard contract terms, the author illustrates the regulatory framework and the control over the use of standard contract terms in present legal transactions by authorities and courts. In a chapter on consumer law, the author describes the development, the structures and the existing legal instruments of consumer protection.