The objective of this consumer law casebook, like others in the Ius Commune series, is to help uncover common roots - notwithstanding differences in approach - of the European legal systems, with a view to strengthening the common legal heritage of Europe. The casebook covers the big legal families in the EU and contains judgments from the supreme courts and other courts of the Member States. In view of the importance of EC legislation (e.g. harmonization directives and regulations) in this field, the casebook contains much material derived from Community law, such as extracts from directives...