INTRODUCTION
Consumer justice needs renewed focus. Both the European Union (EU) and the United States offer consumers options to enforce their rights, but these options are not available or viable for all. To address gaps in consumer justice, the EU is following the approach consisting of two closely linked efforts: (1) flexible responses to consumer needs for access to justice, even readiness to revise traditionally enshrined approaches, and (2) a steady process of building a coherent system of consumer justice mechanisms which complement one another. What brings these efforts together is recognition of the need for a unique and tailored approach to consumer justice. Have European lawmakers developed a successful blueprint for what this paper advocates – the renewed focus on consumer justice? While the paper does not explore this blueprint as comprehensively as it deserves to be done, it highlights its promise. It also argues that the European approach merits closer scrutiny by US lawmakers …
Magdalena Tulibacka, Consumer Justice: Do Europeans Know Something We Do Not?, 38 Emory International Law Review 715 (2024).
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