12th International Conference on Consumer Law
Organised by NALSAR in association with the International Association of Consumer Law
Hyderabad , 25-27 February 2009
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
Wednesday 25th February 2008
Excerpt of topics regarding financial services and consumer credit
Vasundhra Ravi & Geetanjali Dhankhar, Post-Graduate students, NALSAR (India), Development Of Ombudsman's Role As A Champion Of Consumer Interests In Financial Sector: A Study Of The Banking Ombudsman Scheme In India
Financial Services and Consumer Rights
Chair: Prof. Michelle Kelly-Louw, Associate Professor, University of South Africa
Rishi Srivastava & Sandeep S, National University of Advanced Legal Studies (India), Plastic Money- How Safe Are You?
Vaishnavi Bhaskaran & Tanvi Sinha, National Law University Jodhpur (India) Irresponsible Lending and Its Impact on Consumer Rights
Pallavika Mitra & Pratyush Jhunjhunwala, National University of Juridical Studies (India), Financial Services and the Government
Rights and responsibilities of service providers in a global economy Financial Services
Chair: Prof. Michelle Kelly-Louw, Associate Professor, University of South Africa
Vincente Gozalo Lopez, Assistant Professor, University of Cantabria (Spain), Over-indebtedness in the EU
Prof. Michelle Kelly-Louw, Associate Professor, University of South Africa, Consumer protection against various interest rate hikes
Rights and responsibilities of service providers in a global economy Financial Services
Chair: Prof. Christopher Peterson, S. J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah, (USA)
Prof. Christopher Peterson, S. J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah, (USA), Transnational Consumer Debt Collection
Prof. Jennifer Hamilton, University of Strathclyde (UK), Choice, information and education - the illusion of consumer empowerment in financial services
Renu Arora, Reader, & Richa Tyagi, Institute of Home Economics, Delhi University (India), Rights and Responsibilities of Service Providers Including Financial Services
Over-Indebtedness and Possible Solutions
Chair: Dr. P.V.R. Jagan Mohan Rao, Director, Finance and Company Secretary, Ind- Barath Power Infra Ltd (India)
Matome Ratiba, Professor, UNISA ( South Africa ), The South African National Credit Act- A Possible Home Grown Solution To The Global Credit Crisis?- A Legislative Overview
Phumudzo Munyai, Professor, UNISA (South Africa), How To Curb Over-Indebtedness And Enhance Consumer Welfare In South Africa: Lessons From Islamic Law
Philip Stoop, Lecturer, University of South Africa, South African consumer credit policy: measures indirectly aimed at resolving and preventing consumer's over-indebtedness
Udo Reifner (Director), Institut Für Finanzdienstleistungen - Germany, Poverty and Contract Law
Creating a legal infrastructure to protect consumers in a global economy
Chair: Prof Luke Nottage, Sydney Law School (Australia)
Prof Luke Nottage, Sydney Law School (Australia) & Prof. Souichirou Kozuka, Sophia University Law School, Tokyo (Japan), Reforming unsecured consumer credit markets in Japan and worldwide: empirically informed normativism.
Rights and responsibilities of service providers in a global economy Financial Services
Chair: Dr. M. Sridhar Acharyulu, Professor NALSAR (India)
Alan White, Assistant Professor, Valparaiso University School of Law ( USA ), Regulating credit for the poor: lessons from micro-lending in developing nations
Wenette Jacobs, Senior Lecturer, University of South Africa, the liability of insurer's right to defend and settle claims against the insured by third parties and legal protection insurance as an alternative.
Surabhi Singh, Assistant Professor, SDAU (India), Are Private and Foreign Banks Better Options for Customers
Creating a legal infrastructure to protect consumers in a global economy
Consumer Rights and Poverty Chair: Dr. A. Rajendra Prasad, Head, Department of Law, Andhra University (India)
Namrata Sharma & Priya Vaishnav, Hidayatullah National Law University (India), Agriculturist Debtors - A Vulnerable Consumer Group
Atulya Kishore & Mohit Rohatgi, Gujarat National Law University (India), Vulnerable Consumers And Poverty As An Issue Of Consumer Law
Joyeeta Chatterjee, Gujarat National Law University ( India ), Vulnerable Consumers And Poverty As An Issue Of Consumer Law
Aditi Singhvi & Mallika Anand, National Law University , Jodhpur (India), Consumerism for Vulnerable Class: Need For Public Private Partnership
Rights and responsibilities of service providers in a global economy
Reinhard Steenot, University of Gent (Belgium), Information requirements as a tool to protect retail investors |
