Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA 2024_25
Subject CONSUMER LAW AND CONSUMER PROTECTIO Code 01754026
Study programme
1754 - M.INTERNAC.PRODUC. CONSUMO RESPON EURECA-PRO
Descriptors Credit. Type Year Period
6 Compulsory Second First
Language
Ingles
Prerequisites
Department DERECHO PRIV. Y DE LA EMPRESA
Coordinador
DÍEZ GARCÍA , HELENA
E-mail hdieg@unileon.es
morda@unileon.es
Lecturers
DÍEZ GARCÍA , HELENA
ORDÁS ALONSO , MARTA
Web http://https://www.eurecapro.eu/joint-master-in-responsible-consumption-and-production/
General description Basic concepts and general regulatory frameworks of consumer law and consumer protection. Contracts and liability. Types of institutions available for consumer protection (judicial and extrajudicial) in different international spheres. Alternative systems of Contract Law. International business law.
Tribunales de Revisión
Tribunal titular
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente DERECHO PRIV. Y DE LA EMPRESA BERCOVITZ ALVAREZ , GERMAN
Secretario VALLEJO PEREZ , GEMA
Vocal PEREZ CARRILLO , ELENA FATIMA
Tribunal suplente
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente DERECHO PRIV. Y DE LA EMPRESA GUTIERREZ SANTIAGO , MARIA PILAR
Secretario DERECHO PRIV. Y DE LA EMPRESA ALVAREZ RODRIGUEZ , AURELIA
Vocal DERECHO PRIV. Y DE LA EMPRESA FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ , ROBERTO

Competencies
Type A Code Competences Specific
Type B Code Competences Transversal
Type C Code Competences Nuclear
  C1
  C2

Learning aims
Competences
C1
C2

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Part I.- General 1. Consumer Law: background, foundations, regulation and basic principles.
2. Concept of consumer and entrepreneur.
3. Contracting with general conditions and unfair terms.
4. Legal proceedings for the protection of consumers.
5. Alternative dispute resolution in consumer matters.
Part II.- Particular 1. Distance and off-premises contracts.
2. Purchase and sale of consumer products and after-sales services.
3. Supply of digital content or services.
4. Purchase and sale of real estate.
5. Consumer financing: consumer credit and real estate credit.
6. Package tours, accommodation services, timesharing of real estate for tourist use and transportation services.
7. Consumer protection in the contracting of other services subject to special regulations (payment services, electronic communications, energy services, etc.).
8. Liability for damages caused by defective products or services.

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Class hours Hours outside the classroom Total hours
Case study 11 17 28
 
Personal tuition 4 0 4
 
Lecture 40 50 90
 
Practical tests 1 0 1
Extended-answer tests 1 0 1
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies   ::  
  Description
Case study Study, discussion and resolution of problems and case studies previously worked by the students.
Personal tuition The student will be able to use the individual tutoring system (not compulsory), by appointment, for the preparation of personal work and the resolution of doubts, to which can be added the virtual tutoring through the institutional computer platforms of the University of León.
Lecture Master Sessions aimed at the exposition of the main theoretical contents of the subject.

Personalized attention
 
Lecture
Case study
Description
Students will be able to use the individual tutoring system (not compulsory), by appointment, for the preparation of personal work and the resolution of doubts.
In addition, non-presential (virtual) tutoring may be used through the institutional platforms of the University of León. To this end, the student must bear in mind the provisions of art. 88 of the Organic Law 3/2018, on Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights, in relation to the right to digital disconnection in the workplace, so that emails and / or requests for tutorials from students may only be sent and will only be answered on school dates and times.ersity of León.

Assessment
  Description Qualification
Practical tests Quizzes on practical cases to be solved 40%
Extended-answer tests Questionnaire with short and/or essay questions that prove the acquisition of the subject's competences. 60%
 
Other comments and second call

The evaluation will follow the same criteria for both the first and the second call.

Sources of information
Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic CARRASCO PERERA, A. (Coord.), Derecho de consumo: materiales, fundamentos, aplicaciones, Aranzadi,
DÍAZ ALABART, S. (Coord.), Manual de Derecho de Consumo, Reus,

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