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Consumer Protection (LAWS 5430)

Course Info

Students will study the complex and varied laws that govern consumer transactions. Topics may include: fraud and deception; credit reporting and identity theft; consumer loans, including mortgages and payday loans; debt servicing; credit discrimination; and the role of the key federal and state agencies in this area, including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Trade Commission, and state Attorneys General and banking departments.

Instuctor

Prof. Cathy Lesser Mansfield

Prof. Cathy Lesser Mansfield is a Senior Instructor in Law and the Executive Director of the Master of Arts in Financial Integrity Program. She teaches a variety of consumer, payments and commercial law courses as well as "Holocaust and the Law.

Syllabus

The syllabus for your course is available on Canvas.

Textbooks

Study Aids

Introduction

These study aids are available online.  Please click the hyperlinked title to view them. For instructions on how to use the specific platforms, including troubleshooting, please view Andy Dorchak's Study Aids Research Guide.

CALI

Computer-Aided Legal Instruction (CALI) requires an authorization code to use. If you do not have a CALI account, please contact Kieran Layton or the reference desk for assistance.

CALI (Computer Assisted Legal Instruction) Consumer Law Research lesson

Quimbee

If you have not registered your Quimbee account, please contact Kieran Layton or the reference desk for assistance.

Quimbee Consumer Law materials

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