Book: «Planned Obsolescence and the Rule of Law»

«This academic resource introduces planned obsolescence as a business strategy based on the design o planning, projection and control of the useful lifetime of numerous products in order to boost demand and stimulate consumption, encouraging individuals to purchase after the loss of functionality of its assets or its expiration. It also examines the most significant cases that have led such a strategy: from inception to the present day. with a focus on the technology sector. In addition, it considers the attributes that make up the strategy of built-in obsolescence relevant for law. and also those that provide juridical relevance from different perspectives. relating to constitutional law, contractual theory, consumer protection law. antitrust law. private and public international law perspectives human rights and European Union Law.»

Content

CHAPTER 1. PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE: A NON-RESTRICTABLE INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE? ANSWERS FROM CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, COMPARED LAW AND ABUSE OF THE LAW 

Magdalena Correa Henao

CHAPTER 2. THE EUROPEAN UNION VS. PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE: A VAIN STRUGGLE? 

Raquel Regueiro Dubra

CHAPTER 3. COMMENTS AND ANSWERS TO PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE THROUGH CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW  

Jesús Alfonso Soto Pineda

CHAPTER 4. PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE ACHIEVED THROUGH RESTRICTIONS IN THE AFTERMARKETS 

Camilo Pabón Almanza

CHAPTER 5. THE «WINDING CRUSADE» AGAINST PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE: ADVOCATING FOR THE RECOGNITION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL INTERNATIONAL CRIME AND THE INTERNATIONAL SUBJECTIVITY OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS 

Jacqueline Hellman Moreno

CHAPTER 6. CONSUMER PROTECTION AGAINST PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE AN INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LAW ANALYSIS 

William Fernando Martínez Luna

CHAPTER 7. INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT OF LAWS AND OF JURISDICTION IN RELATION TO PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE 

Lidia Moreno Blesa

CHAPTER 8. LIGHT READING OF SOME OF THE DARK STORIES OF THE WORLD OF CONSUMPTION: PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE IN ITS ADVANCED CAPITALIST CONTEXT 

Daniel Briggs

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