Abstract

Chapter 1. Introduction
Section 1. Purpose of study
Section 2. Scope of research and methods used

Chapter 2. South Korea's economic growth and consumer laws
Section 1. Overview
1. Significance of consumers
2. Significance of consumer laws
Section 2. Analysis of the process of the development of comsumer laws
1. Initial Periodd(1960s~1970s)
2. Formation Period(1980s)
3. Growht Period(1990s)
4. Stabilization Period(2000s)
Section 3. Process of development in consumer laws

Chapter 3. Status of South Korea's consumer laws
Section 1. Overview
Section 2. Changes in The Framework Act on Consumers
1. Enactment of The Consumer Protection Act in 1980
2. (1st) Amendment to The Consumer Protection Act
3. Substitutionof The Framework Act on Cnsumers for The Consumer Protection Act (or the 10th amendment) in 2006
Section 3. Consumer transaction laws
1. The Regulation of Standardized Contracts Act
2. Door-to-Door Sales, etc. Act
3. The Installment Transactions Act
4. The Act on Fair Labeling and Advertising
5. The Act on Consumer Protection in the Electronic Commerce Transactions, etc.
Section 4. Consumer Safety Laws
1. The Product Liability Act
2. Recall system
3. Safety regulations in The Framework Act on Consumers

Chapter 4. The Promotion and Execution of Consumer Policy
Section 1. System for comsumer policy promotion
1. The period prior to adoption of the consumer policy promotion system
2. Development of the comsumer policy promotion system
3. Current system for pomotion of consumer policies
Section 2. Consumer policy executing agencies
1. Vasic executors of consumer policy
2. Key actor for execution of consumer policy
Section 3. Consumer policy-regulating measures
1. Consumer policy-regulating measures
2. Tevamp of consumer transaction laws in an administrative regulation style

Chapter 5. The Consumer Safety and Consumer Damage Compensation
Section 1. Securing of consumer safety
Section 2. Consumer damage compensation
1. Damage compnsation through voluntary negotiation
2. Self-regulated dispute resolution by the council of registered consumer organizations
3. Damage remedies provided by the Korea Consumer Agency
4. Consumers' collective action
Section 3. Examination
1. Improvement in the system for consumer damage compensation
2. Revamp of the judicial sytem related to the compensation of consumer damages

Chapter 6. Conclusion

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