Montreal, 4-9 July 2016
Objectives
- To offer a quality and intensive training in consumer law, focusing on international and regional law developments
- To promote the sharing of knowledge, experiences and practices between participants from different countries and to encourage comparison between legislative solutions
- To provide participants with important updated documentation
- To consolidate an international network of expertise in consumer law, particularly on the inter-American level.
Candidates
- Students
- Professors, teachers, lecturers, scholars and researchers
- Judges, lawyers or consultants
- Civil Servants from national institutions responsible for consumer protection policy
- Civil Servants from international or regional organizations that develop initiatives in consumer protection or in closely related fields
- Consumer Organizations’ officials, representatives or other actors from the associative world working in related fields (sustainable consumption, fair trade, standard of living, patients’ rights, etc.)
- Economic actors and professional associations’ officials or representatives
Professors
Professors and practitioners from Canada, the United States, South America and the European Union.
Topics
- Rationales and contemporary challenges of consumer law and policy.
- Digital society and consumer protection.
- Consumer credit and overindebtedness.
- Sustainable production and consumption patterns.
- General product safety and market surveillance.
- Access to justice and resolution of consumer disputes.
- Recent developments in national consumer laws.
Location
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Languages
The summer school’s schedule has been designed in order to offer every conference in French and English.
More information
Detailed programme, registration fees and procedures available at www.gredicc.uqam.ca
Registered as credited training for members of the Quebec Bar.