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<p>The regulation of consumer protection in procedural law is largely up to the individual Member States of the European Union, which have procedural autonomy in these matters. In the area of individual judicial protection, there are two possible approaches to consumer protection. The first of these is not to introduce any regulation of procedural rules, as the general legal regulation of civil court proceedings seems to be fully sufficient to meet the above requirements. The other approach is to introduce special procedural rules for consumer protection. The Czech procedural regulation is based more on the first approach. The aim of this article is to evaluate whether the regulation set in this way provides the consumer with sufficient protection and meets the requirements of the right to judicial protection and a fair trial.</p>
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The regulation of consumer protection in procedural law is largely up to the individual Member States of the European Union, which have procedural autonomy in these matters. In the area of individual judicial protection, there are two possible approaches to consumer protection. The first of these is not to introduce any regulation of procedural rules, as the general legal regulation of civil court proceedings seems to be fully sufficient to meet the above requirements. The other approach is to introduce special procedural rules for consumer protection. The Czech procedural regulation is based more on the first approach. The aim of this article is to evaluate whether the regulation set in this way provides the consumer with sufficient protection and meets the requirements of the right to judicial protection and a fair trial.

Procedural specifics of resolving consumer disputes in individual civil court proceedings in the Czech Republic

International and Comparative Law Review

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The regulation of consumer protection in procedural law is largely up to the individual Member States of the European Union, which have procedural autonomy in...

Procedural specifics of resolving consumer disputes in individual civil court proceedings in the Czech Republic

Published Online: Sep 23, 2022

Page range: 8 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/iclr-2022-0001

Keywords
civil procedure, consumer disputes individual civil court proceedings

© 2022 Jana Petrov Křiváčková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Procedural specifics of resolving consumer disputes in individual civil court proceedings in the Czech Republic

Published Online: Sep 23, 2022

Page range: 8 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/iclr-2022-0001

Keywordscivil procedure, consumer disputes individual civil court proceedings

© 2022 Jana Petrov Křiváčková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
civil procedure, consumer disputes individual civil court proceedings