Professor Eugène Buttigieg, holder of a Jean Monnet Chair of European Law at the University of Malta and Judge at the General Court of the European Union has just published the book Rights and Remedies for the Consumer in the European Union.

The book, the third in the series of Rights and Remedies Conference publications, contains contributions by distinguished scholars in the field of consumer law namely Dr Christine Riefa (University of Brunel), Professor Christopher Willet and Dr Youseph Farah (University of Essex), Professor Christian Twigg-Flesner (University of Hull), Professor Geraint Howells & Jonathan Watson (University of Manchester & University of Münster, respectively), Professor Christopher Hodges, (University of Oxford & Erasmus University of Rotterdam), Professor Dr Udo Reifner (University of Hamburg) and Professor Dr Klaus Tonner (University of Rostock, Germany and Judge at the Oberlandesgericht Rostock).

The volume that benefitted from financial support from the European Commission discusses the rights of consumers shopping on online auction platforms, remedies and enforcement in respect of unfair contract terms, remedies for faulty goods and the balancing of the interests of consumers, traders and coherence of the law in this respect, redress for consumers in respect of unfair commercial practices, alternative dispute resolution as a new mode of redress for consumers, financial services and consumer protection and passenger rights and rights and remedies in the context of package travel.

The book should be of particular interest to members of the legal profession, academics, consultants, advisors, regulators, public officers, business and industry, non-governmental organisations and students.