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CONSUMER PROTECTION, CONSUMERS AND BUSINESS
Author(s) -
MITCHELL JEREMY
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of consumer studies and home economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 0309-3891
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.1980.tb00365.x
Subject(s) - legislation , consumer protection act , backlash , consumer protection , business , law and economics , advertising , law , commerce , marketing , economics , political science , finance , engineering , mechanical engineering
This paper is based on a speech given to an OYEZ‐IBC Conference in London on 10 November 1979. It argues that U.K. consumers and business generally have benefited from recent changes in the law. The ‘backlash’ against consumer protection legislation by some elements in business is wholly misguided.