CONSUMER LAW
Prof. David E. Sorkin
The John Marshall Law School
Summer Session 2005
Supplemental Materials on Consumer Arbitration
Supplemental Materials on Consumers in Cyberspace
Selected Illinois consumer protection statutes
Additional resources and links
Sample report -- Deceptive Practices
Schedule
The class meets on Monday and Wednesday evenings from May 23 through July 20, 2005 (except May 30, June 6, June 13, June 15, and July 4). The exam will be given on Monday, July 25.
Assignments for first week
- Monday, May 23, 2005: Read pages 1-35 in the Whaley casebook.
- Wednesday, May 25, 2005: Read pages 63-107 in the casebook.
- Be prepared to discuss the questions and problems in class.
Course description
An examination of concerns particular to consumer transactions in formation, substance, and remedies. Topics will include advertising; consumer sales practices and contracts; consumer credit practices; fraud; warranties; and product standards and safety. Regulatory, statutory, and common-law obligations and remedies (both state and federal) will be addressed, with an emphasis on federal consumer protection statutes.
This is a 3-credit course; it was previously offered in summer 2004 as an experimental 2-credit course.
Required textbooks
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Douglas J. Whaley, Problems and Materials on Consumer Law (Aspen 3d ed. 2002) (ISBN 0-7355-2601-X, publisher's list price $68) |
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Selected Commercial Statutes (West 2004 ed.) (ISBN 0-314-15363-2, publisher's list price $39) (You need not purchase this if you already have an equivalent text.) |
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