Analysing Conscience as the Mediating Concept Between the Free Market and Consumer Protection in Queensland Land Transactions
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Galloway, Kathrine
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2010
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In light of new amendments to the Property Agents and Motor Dealers Act 2000 (Qld), this paper reviews the conceptual framework within which this Act delivers consumer protection within the free market. It compares the equivalent protection provisions of the Retail Shop Leases Act 1994 (Qld) and assesses whether ‘conscience’ can provide a mediating factor between consumer protection and contract law, or whether these measures effectively remove these contracts from common law contract into their own discrete fi eld. It concludes that implicit reliance on conscience ...
View more >In light of new amendments to the Property Agents and Motor Dealers Act 2000 (Qld), this paper reviews the conceptual framework within which this Act delivers consumer protection within the free market. It compares the equivalent protection provisions of the Retail Shop Leases Act 1994 (Qld) and assesses whether ‘conscience’ can provide a mediating factor between consumer protection and contract law, or whether these measures effectively remove these contracts from common law contract into their own discrete fi eld. It concludes that implicit reliance on conscience without clearly articulating a standard of conscience leaves these contracts without a clear place within common law doctrine of unconscionability or an effective consumer protection foundation.
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View more >In light of new amendments to the Property Agents and Motor Dealers Act 2000 (Qld), this paper reviews the conceptual framework within which this Act delivers consumer protection within the free market. It compares the equivalent protection provisions of the Retail Shop Leases Act 1994 (Qld) and assesses whether ‘conscience’ can provide a mediating factor between consumer protection and contract law, or whether these measures effectively remove these contracts from common law contract into their own discrete fi eld. It concludes that implicit reliance on conscience without clearly articulating a standard of conscience leaves these contracts without a clear place within common law doctrine of unconscionability or an effective consumer protection foundation.
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Journal Title
James Cook University Law Review
Volume
17
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Subject
Law and legal studies