CONSUMER  LAW


Instructor: Donald Clifford

EMail:clif@email.unc.edu
Office:Room 5078
Phone: 962-8511
The class meets on Monday and Tuesday at 3:00.
 
Casebook and statutes:   Greenfield, Consumer Transactions (3rd Ed.)
Link to Syllabus
Useful web resources (with links):
 
National Consumer Law Center.  Good information about the fine work of the organization, current issues and excellent links to all kinds of resources. http://www.consumerlaw.org/

Consumer World.   A public service resource guide to various consumer information, including consumer purchases.  the links to legal resources are quite helpful.   http://www.consumerworld.org/

The U.S. Consumer Gateway " is a 'one-stop' link to a broad range of  federal information resources available online. It is designed so that you can locate information by  category -- such as Food, Health, Product Safety, Your Money, and Transportation. Each category has subcategories to direct you to areas within individual federal web sites [FTC, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, and the Securities and Exchange Commission] containing related information." http://www.consumer.gov/

http://www.safeshopping.org

Counsel Quest.  A broad range of  legal and governmental resources and some listserves on various topics. http://www.CounselQuest.com/index.html

UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries Virtual Reference Desk.  An excellent source for national and North Carolina resources and links.  http://sunsite.unc.edu/reference/quickref.html

Advertising Law Site A law firm site which focuses on issues of advertising law.  It also contains links to various federal government publications and agencies, the Better Business Bureau and a site on European advertising law and issues.

Federal Trade Commission
 

Federal Reserve Board Guides


    * Shopping for Credit Cards http://www.bog.frb.fed.us/pubs/shop/

    * Consumer Leases http://www.bog.frb.fed.us/pubs/leasing/

Certain FTC rules and opinions:

    * The "holder" rule

    * The "door to door" rule

    * FCRA Staff Opinion Letter
 

Link to Consumer Seminar