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Consumer Law

LAW 471-01 Consumer Law 3 credits
Coverage of some federal statutory and regulatory laws affecting consumer financing transactions. Included are the Truth in Lending Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and Federal Trade Commission regulations on [1] elimination of the HDC doctrine on financing of sales of personal property, and [2] certain credit practices in consumer loans.

This course satisfies the Writing Requirement.

 

Foundational:

Payment Systems
Sales
Secured Transactions

Supporting:

Bankruptcy Survey
Consumer Law*
Contract Theory*
European Union Law
Government Contracts
International Business Transactions
International Trade Law
Products Liability

 * courses not offered every year