'Consumer Law and Policy on Faulty Goods: A Comparative Analysis of the Law in Ghana and the UK'
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In today’s globalised markets, coupled with mass production, consumers across jurisdictions increasingly purchase the same categories of goods.
Yet the level of protection available for consumers when the goods are faulty varies significantly across legal systems. Published by Springer, Consumer Law and Policy on Faulty Goods provides a rigorous comparative analysis of the legal frameworks governing faulty goods in Ghana and the United Kingdom. It critically examines three interconnected frameworks of consumer protection: sellers’ contractual obligations regarding the quality of goods, consumer remedies and mechanisms through which consumers can seek effective redress.
Drawing on legislation, case law, and comparative legal analysis, the book explores how consumer protection law in the United Kingdom, shaped in part by its historical interaction with European Union consumer law, has evolved beyond the framework that historically influenced the development of the law in Ghana. It particularly identifies regulatory gaps and doctrinal shortfalls in the Ghanaian system and assesses the extent to which lessons from UK law may inform legal reform.
In so doing, the book does not advocate simple legal transplantation. Instead, it evaluates the suitability of these comparative insights in light of Ghana’s unique institutional, economic, and regulatory context, proposing ways for strengthening consumer protection while remaining responsive to local realities.
By combining doctrinal analysis with policy insight, this book offers essential perspectives for scholars, legal practitioners, policymakers, and students seeking to understand and advocate for the improvement of consumer protection in increasingly evolving markets.
Dr Nuhu Yidana is a Lecturer in Law at the School of Law, SOAS. He convenes and teaches Contract Law and Commercial Law in a Global Context and contributes to postgraduate teaching on Transnational Law, Finance and Technology. He also serves as Convenor of first year undergraduate students. His research focuses on Consumer Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law and Comparative Law, and he supervises undergraduate and postgraduate research in these areas. Before joining SOAS, he taught law for over a decade at Tamale Technical University and other institutions in Ghana and the UK.
Dr Eghosa Ekhator is an Associate Professor of International Environmental Law at the University of Derby, UK. His research focuses on International Environmental Law, African International Legal History and Natural Resources Governance. He has published extensively, with his work cited by organisations including the UK Parliament’s International Trade Committee and the United Nations Refugee Council. Dr Ekhator serves as Chair of the Committee on the Teaching of International Law and the SDGs for the International Law Association (Nigerian Branch). He is also Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy and a Visiting Professor of Law at Benson Idahosa University, Nigeria.
Dr Francisca Kusi-Appiah is a Lecturer at UPSA Law School and Head of the Public Law Department. She holds a PhD from the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy at the University of Dundee, and a Master’s degree specialising in Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Law from the University of Houston. Before entering academia, she worked as a qualified lawyer with law firms in Ghana and the United States and continues to engage in legal consultancy. Her teaching includes Energy Law and the Law of Torts, and her research addresses natural resource governance, sustainability and regulatory issues in the energy sector.
