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Alternative Law Journal | 2008

Developing a consumer policy for the 21st century

Nicola Howell

In light of the Productivity Commissions inquiry into Australias consumer policy framework and administration, this article explores three assumptions that have underpinned our consumer protection framework to date: assumptions about the benefits of competition, self-regulation, and information. It argues that the benefits can be over-stated, and do not always reflect the reality of consumer experience. The article calls for the development of an overarching framework or principles document, with a more moderated approach to competition, self-regulation and information. While the Productivity Commissions draft report has admirably dealt with many of these issues, there is scope for the proposed objectives and recommendations in the final report to reflect more consistently the disparate impact of markets and competition on consumers, and the findings of behavioural economics.


Griffith law review | 2006

Contemporary Consumer Law: The Role and Effectiveness of Regulation in Consumer Protection

Therese Wilson; Nicola Howell

This issue of the Griffith Law Review focuses on consumer law, and the pervasive nature of this area of law. We are all consumers, but do not necessarily identify as such, nor are we a homogeneous group. The boundaries of ‘consumer law’ are also amorphous, and these factors make the challenge of developing effective, appropriate and contemporary consumer law a significant one for policy-makers.


Macquarie Law Journal | 2005

Access to Consumer Credit: The Problem of Financial Exclusion in Australia and the Current Regulatory Framework

Nicola Howell; Therese Wilson


Journal of Consumer Policy | 2009

Protecting the Most Vulnerable in Consumer Credit Transactions

Therese Wilson; Nicola Howell; Genevieve Sheehan


Faculty of Law | 2008

Interest rate caps : protection or paternalism

Nicola Howell; Therese Wilson; James Davidson


Faculty of Law | 2006

Catching up with consumer realities: the need for legislation prohibiting unfair terms in consumer contracts

Nicola Howell


Faculty of Law; Law and Justice Research Centre | 2009

Coming to grips with credit contracts: steps to protect vulnerable borrowers

Genevieve Sheehan; Therese Wilson; Nicola Howell


The Australian Feminist Law Journal | 1995

'Sexually transmitted debt' : a feminist analysis of laws regulating guarantors and co-borrowers

Nicola Howell


Commercial & Property Law Research Centre; Faculty of Law | 2015

Revisiting the Australian code of banking practice: Is self-regulation still relevant for improving consumer protection standards?

Nicola Howell


Faculty of Law; School of Law | 2013

Interest rate caps and price regulation in consumer credit

Nicola Howell

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Rosalind Mason

Queensland University of Technology

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Colin Anderson

Queensland University of Technology

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Anne F. Matthew

Queensland University of Technology

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Stephen G. Corones

Queensland University of Technology

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Sharon A. Christensen

Queensland University of Technology

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