Call for papers

EUROPEAN CONGRESS ON CONSUMER LAW

February 27 & 28, 2025 - Montpellier

International Association of Consumer Law

The Association Internationale de Droit de la Consommation (International Association of Consumer Law) was born of the desire to create links by developing joint reflection and research on the evolution of consumer relations and their legal formalization in different regions of the world. Cooperation between institutions, universities, consumer organizations and experts is sought to enable and encourage research and teaching in the field of consumer law.

The association has decided to hold a European regional congress in Montpellier on Thursday February 27 and Friday February 28, 2025, to enable specialists in the field to present their work, discuss the future of consumer law and pay tribute to Professor Jean Calais Auloy, who was a professor at the University of Montpellier, where he created the team specializing in the field.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Two themes will be specifically studied, and time will be devoted to subjects freely proposed by the speakers. Reference to the work of Professor Jean Calais Auloy will be appreciated.

Thursday, February 27 - morning
CONSUMER INFORMATION

The consumer relationship is by its very nature an unbalanced one, between a connoisseur and a layman, a professional whose economic interests justify his or her efforts, and a consumer constrained by his or her lesser knowledge or immediate needs, impulses and so on.

However, informing consumers of their rights is essential if consumer law is to be effective. There are many different ways of doing this, including codification, websites, consultations with consumer associations, explanations by public authorities, mediation by professional representatives and so on.

Thursday, February 27 - afternoon
NEW CONSUMER TRENDS AND ABUSIVE COMMERCIAL PRACTICES

The emergence of new technologies in particular has led to the emergence of new modes of consumption, whether initiated by consumers, public authorities or professionals. These new offers can give rise to new practices, sometimes unfair, sometimes difficult to understand, for which ordinary consumer law may or may not prove effective in regulating the market and protecting consumers.

Friday, February 28 - morning
OPEN DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION OF WORKSHOP RESULTS

Friday morning will be devoted to open presentations and institutional announcements from the association and the University of Montpellier. Young and established researchers will also have the opportunity to present the results of their research and workshops held in conjunction with the congress.

How to respond to the call for proposals?

Proposals must include the name(s) of the author(s), their institution and/or laboratory, and their postal and e-mail address(es). The proposal should include an abstract and a working title. Contributions may be in English or French. The abstract, in English or French, should be approximately 1000 characters long. It should specify whether the participant only wishes to participate in the conference proceedings, or whether he or she will present a paper during the conference.

Travel and accommodation cannot be covered, but the organization will offer preferential rates to participants and auditors.

Download the call for papers (french / english) :

SCHEDULE

Paper proposals should be sent by October 25, 2024 as an attached file by e-mail to :
licem@umontpellier.fr

Proposals will be selected on the basis of scientific rigor and the above criteria, and the final program will be published in December 2024.
Selected participants will be notified in November 2024.

Scientific Committee:

- Malo Depincé, Professor, University of Montpellier, Director of LICeM
- Alfredo Ferrante, Professor, University of Pavia (Italy)
- Jean-Louis Respaud, Associate Professor of Private Law, University of Montpellier, LICeM

The congress will be held on Thursday February 27 and Friday February 28, 2025.
A gala dinner will be held on Thursday evening, February 27
A cultural afternoon will be held on Friday afternoon, February 28.

The conference will be held at the Faculty of Law and Political Science of the University of Montpellier.