This book examines the institutions that are producing consumer law at the international level
the substantive issues enshrined in these laws and the enforcement mechanisms meant to ensure
effective protection. The majority of existing research is devoted to the comparative
perspective between countries or between the US and the EU. This book investigates the
forceful activities of international and regional organizations and shifts the focus of
research to the internationalization of consumer law which is largely neglected in particular
in the Western-centered political and legal debate. Much of what constitutes consumer law today
is focused on banking and finance and more broadly the financialization and digitalization of
the global economy and society has created a shift in international consumer law production.
This book investigates the role that international organizations have on the creation and
enforcement of consumer law and will be of interest to consumer lawyers practitioners and
officials in organizations such as the United Nations European Union and World Bank.
