Edited by Hans-W. Micklitz, Professor for Economic Law, the European University Institute and Finland Distinguished Professor, University of Helsinki, Finland, Anne-Lise Sibony, Professor of European Law, UCLouvain, Belgium and Fabrizio Esposito, Assistant Professor in Private Law, NOVA School of Law, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

• Contents:1. The Bright and Adventurous Future of Consumer Law ResearchHans-W. Micklitz, Anne-Lise Sibony, Fabrizio Esposito Part I Foundations of Behavioural Consumer Legal Research 2. Conceptual Foundations For a European Consumer Law and Behavioural Sciences Scholarship Fabrizio Esposito3. Nudging and Autonomy. A Philosophical and Legal AppraisalPhilipp Hacker4. Rational Choice and Behavioural Approaches to Consumer Issues Fernando Gómez Pomar1 and Mireia Artigot GolobardesPart II Advances in Behavioural Consumer Legal Research 5. The role(s) of Empirical Research in Consumer Law and Consumer Law Scholarship Anne-Lise Sibony6. US behavioural consumer researchFranziska Weber7. Who Calls the Tune? Stock Taking of Behavioural Consumer Protection in Europe Joasia Luzak8. Regulatory Validity Kai Purnhagen9. Behavioural Innovations in Marketing LawProfessor Jan Trzaskowski10. A Behavioural Perspective on Consumer FinanceGenevieve HelleringerPart III Insights From Broader Perspectives11. How Behavioural Research Has Informed Consumer Law: The Many Faces of Behavioural Research Michiru Nagatsu and Magdalena Małecka12. What Is the ‘Social’ in Behavioural Economics? The Methodological Underpinnings of Governance by NudgesSabine Frerichs13. Behavioural Analysis and Socio-legal Research – Is Everything Architecture? Florian Möslein14. Behavioural Analysis and Comparative Law – Improving the Empirical Foundation for Comparative Legal Research Giesela Rühl15. The Politics of Behavioural Economics of Law Hans-W. MicklitzIndex

'Containing inspiring contributions from distinguished scholars in the field, this book offers an eloquent and open-minded perspective on the highly topical behavioural turn in consumer law research. In doing so, it suggests a blended approach to research methodology, combining behavioural insights with doctrinal scholarship, economic analysis and socio-legal studies. Both the suggestions and the critique are based on a deep foundational understanding of the discipline.'--Thomas K.J. Wilhelmsson, University of Helsinki, Finland'We are all consumers. And we are all directly affected by consumer law. This important, dynamic area of the law is the subject of Hans-W. Micklitz, Anne-Lise Sibony and Fabrizio Esposito's Research Methods in Consumer Law. The editors have put together an impressive collection of essays that correctly focus on behavioral analysis as the state-of-the-art methodology in consumer law. The volume is both deep and broad, delving into the weeds of behavioral science and cutting across multiple applications of the methodology in different areas of consumer law. It should be of great interest to lawmakers, researchers, and practitioners.'--Oren Bar-Gill, Harvard Law School, US'Research Methods in Consumer Law persuasively shows that not only medicine and doctors save lives, law can too. Consumer Law has, for decades, been the Cinderella of the legal discipline; however, now it is increasingly afoot in Europe and beyond. Amid a favourable Zeitgeist, this unprecedented collection of foundational contributions offers a solid grounding to any legal scholar interested in pursuing theoretically rich and action-oriented research.'--Alberto Alemanno, HEC Paris, France and founder of The Good Lobby

Edited by Hans-W. Micklitz, Professor for Economic Law, the European University Institute and Finland Distinguished Professor, University of Helsinki, Finland, Anne-Lise Sibony, Professor of European Law, UCLouvain, Belgium and Fabrizio Esposito, Assistant Professor in Private Law, NOVA School of Law, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

• Contents:1. The Bright and Adventurous Future of Consumer Law ResearchHans-W. Micklitz, Anne-Lise Sibony, Fabrizio Esposito Part I Foundations of Behavioural Consumer Legal Research 2. Conceptual Foundations For a European Consumer Law and Behavioural Sciences Scholarship Fabrizio Esposito3. Nudging and Autonomy. A Philosophical and Legal AppraisalPhilipp Hacker4. Rational Choice and Behavioural Approaches to Consumer Issues Fernando Gómez Pomar1 and Mireia Artigot GolobardesPart II Advances in Behavioural Consumer Legal Research 5. The role(s) of Empirical Research in Consumer Law and Consumer Law Scholarship Anne-Lise Sibony6. US behavioural consumer researchFranziska Weber7. Who Calls the Tune? Stock Taking of Behavioural Consumer Protection in Europe Joasia Luzak8. Regulatory Validity Kai Purnhagen9. Behavioural Innovations in Marketing LawProfessor Jan Trzaskowski10. A Behavioural Perspective on Consumer FinanceGenevieve HelleringerPart III Insights From Broader Perspectives11. How Behavioural Research Has Informed Consumer Law: The Many Faces of Behavioural Research Michiru Nagatsu and Magdalena Małecka12. What Is the ‘Social’ in Behavioural Economics? The Methodological Underpinnings of Governance by NudgesSabine Frerichs13. Behavioural Analysis and Socio-legal Research – Is Everything Architecture? Florian Möslein14. Behavioural Analysis and Comparative Law – Improving the Empirical Foundation for Comparative Legal Research Giesela Rühl15. The Politics of Behavioural Economics of Law Hans-W. MicklitzIndex

'Containing inspiring contributions from distinguished scholars in the field, this book offers an eloquent and open-minded perspective on the highly topical behavioural turn in consumer law research. In doing so, it suggests a blended approach to research methodology, combining behavioural insights with doctrinal scholarship, economic analysis and socio-legal studies. Both the suggestions and the critique are based on a deep foundational understanding of the discipline.'--Thomas K.J. Wilhelmsson, University of Helsinki, Finland'We are all consumers. And we are all directly affected by consumer law. This important, dynamic area of the law is the subject of Hans-W. Micklitz, Anne-Lise Sibony and Fabrizio Esposito's Research Methods in Consumer Law. The editors have put together an impressive collection of essays that correctly focus on behavioral analysis as the state-of-the-art methodology in consumer law. The volume is both deep and broad, delving into the weeds of behavioral science and cutting across multiple applications of the methodology in different areas of consumer law. It should be of great interest to lawmakers, researchers, and practitioners.'--Oren Bar-Gill, Harvard Law School, US'Research Methods in Consumer Law persuasively shows that not only medicine and doctors save lives, law can too. Consumer Law has, for decades, been the Cinderella of the legal discipline; however, now it is increasingly afoot in Europe and beyond. Amid a favourable Zeitgeist, this unprecedented collection of foundational contributions offers a solid grounding to any legal scholar interested in pursuing theoretically rich and action-oriented research.'--Alberto Alemanno, HEC Paris, France and founder of The Good Lobby

Edited by Hans-W. Micklitz, Professor for Economic Law, the European University Institute and Finland Distinguished Professor, University of Helsinki, Finland, Anne-Lise Sibony, Professor of European Law, UCLouvain, Belgium and Fabrizio Esposito, Assistant Professor in Private Law, NOVA School of Law, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

• Contents:1. The Bright and Adventurous Future of Consumer Law ResearchHans-W. Micklitz, Anne-Lise Sibony, Fabrizio Esposito Part I Foundations of Behavioural Consumer Legal Research 2. Conceptual Foundations For a European Consumer Law and Behavioural Sciences Scholarship Fabrizio Esposito3. Nudging and Autonomy. A Philosophical and Legal AppraisalPhilipp Hacker4. Rational Choice and Behavioural Approaches to Consumer Issues Fernando Gómez Pomar1 and Mireia Artigot GolobardesPart II Advances in Behavioural Consumer Legal Research 5. The role(s) of Empirical Research in Consumer Law and Consumer Law Scholarship Anne-Lise Sibony6. US behavioural consumer researchFranziska Weber7. Who Calls the Tune? Stock Taking of Behavioural Consumer Protection in Europe Joasia Luzak8. Regulatory Validity Kai Purnhagen9. Behavioural Innovations in Marketing LawProfessor Jan Trzaskowski10. A Behavioural Perspective on Consumer FinanceGenevieve HelleringerPart III Insights From Broader Perspectives11. How Behavioural Research Has Informed Consumer Law: The Many Faces of Behavioural Research Michiru Nagatsu and Magdalena Małecka12. What Is the ‘Social’ in Behavioural Economics? The Methodological Underpinnings of Governance by NudgesSabine Frerichs13. Behavioural Analysis and Socio-legal Research – Is Everything Architecture? Florian Möslein14. Behavioural Analysis and Comparative Law – Improving the Empirical Foundation for Comparative Legal Research Giesela Rühl15. The Politics of Behavioural Economics of Law Hans-W. MicklitzIndex

'Containing inspiring contributions from distinguished scholars in the field, this book offers an eloquent and open-minded perspective on the highly topical behavioural turn in consumer law research. In doing so, it suggests a blended approach to research methodology, combining behavioural insights with doctrinal scholarship, economic analysis and socio-legal studies. Both the suggestions and the critique are based on a deep foundational understanding of the discipline.'--Thomas K.J. Wilhelmsson, University of Helsinki, Finland'We are all consumers. And we are all directly affected by consumer law. This important, dynamic area of the law is the subject of Hans-W. Micklitz, Anne-Lise Sibony and Fabrizio Esposito's Research Methods in Consumer Law. The editors have put together an impressive collection of essays that correctly focus on behavioral analysis as the state-of-the-art methodology in consumer law. The volume is both deep and broad, delving into the weeds of behavioral science and cutting across multiple applications of the methodology in different areas of consumer law. It should be of great interest to lawmakers, researchers, and practitioners.'--Oren Bar-Gill, Harvard Law School, US'Research Methods in Consumer Law persuasively shows that not only medicine and doctors save lives, law can too. Consumer Law has, for decades, been the Cinderella of the legal discipline; however, now it is increasingly afoot in Europe and beyond. Amid a favourable Zeitgeist, this unprecedented collection of foundational contributions offers a solid grounding to any legal scholar interested in pursuing theoretically rich and action-oriented research.'--Alberto Alemanno, HEC Paris, France and founder of The Good Lobby