Guidelines to South American Consumer Protection Laws

by Robert Vaughan

Since 1990 a number of South American countries have either enacted or are in the process of adopting consumer protection statutory provisions. These statutes emphasize consumer transactional law including regulation of the terms of contracts relating to credit and other sales contracts.

In addition, these provisions address consumer access to information, product warranties and redress for injuries caused by defective products. Of particular interest to foreign businesses are the provisions extending these standards to foreign manufacturers and exporters.

This book provides both a country-by-country commentary on consumer protection provisions as well as the actual statutes in their original language accompanied by a side-by-English translation.

South American Consumer Protection Laws is an essential resource for all lawyers, business executives, and consumer affairs consultants who are currently doing business in or planning to export products to South American countries.

620 pages, Hardcover

First published February 22, 1996

About the author

Robert Vaughan is an American writer. He has also written a series of contemporary and historical romance novels under several pseudonyms including "Paula Moore" and "Paula Fairman". His father served in the military and Robert followed him in the 1950s, entering army aviation. He served until the Vietnam War and won numerous medals including the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star, the Air Medal with several oak-leaf clusters, the Meritorious Service Medal, and several other medals.
His early books reflected his military background: the first novel was about the US Army along the DMZ in Korea, followed by a trilogy set in Vietnam. There are more than 9 million of his books in print under various names. He was inducted into the Writers’ Hall of Fame in 1998.