Class Consumption Law

Consumer Law is a course designed to provide students with a systematic understanding of the legal framework governing relationships between consumers and professionals, both at the national and European levels. The course examines the main legislative instruments on consumer protection, with particular emphasis on standard contract terms, consumer contracts, unfair commercial practices, product liability, and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. Combining theory with practical analysis, the course aims to equip students with the skills to identify, interpret, and apply consumer protection rules across different contractual and market contexts.

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General Theory of Consumer Law and the formation of the consumer contract. The structuring elements of the consumer contract. Consumer rights. The Right to Repentance. The acceptance proposal and the requirements of the proposal and the invitation to contract. The Constitutional Principles in the scope of Consumer Law. The Principle of Good Faith as guiding criterion in the fulfillment of the formation and execution of the consumer contract. The General Contractual Clauses, their legal regime and scope. Your connection to the consumer contract. Unfair commercial practices, their content of the general clause and legal characterization of misleading commercial practices and aggressive commercial practices. Of the consumer contracts in particular. Contracts concluded at a distance and off-premises. E-commerce in the scope of consumer law. Alternative means of conflict resolution. Its characterization and legal regime.

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Abrantes, José João, A Excepção do não cumprimento do contrato, 2.º edição, Editora Almedina, Coimbra, 2012. Alves, Paula Ribeiro, Contrato de seguro à distância - O contrato electrónico, Editora Almedina, Coimbra, 2009. Antunes, José A. Engrácia, Direito dos Contratos Comerciais. Editora Almedina, Coimbra, 2009. Carvalho, Jorge Morais, Manual de Direito do Consumo,  Editora Almedina, Coimbra, 2020. Carvalho, Jorge Morais, Os contratos de consumo - reflexões sobre a autonomia privada no direito do consumo, Editora Almedina, Coimbra, 2012. Costa, Mário Júlio de Almeida, Direito das Obrigações, 12.º edição, Editora Almedina, Coimbra, 2009. Costa, Mário Júlio de Almeida, Síntese do regime jurídico vigente das cláusulas contratuais gerais, 2.º edição, Universidade Católica Editora, Lisboa, 1999.