Redifining the Principle of Consumer Contract to Maximize Consumer Protection: Elaboration on Product Liability Principle

Rizky Amalia, Erni Agustin, Faizal Kurniawan

2018

Abstract

Basically, the law of contract follows the freedom of contract principle that the parties may determine the substance and the form of the contracts, on the condition of not violating the Laws, morality, and public order. However, in order to provide consumer protection, the regulation in Indonesia prohibits the businesses to include exoneration clauses in consumer contracts; specially to avoid the liability when there is defective products. In Indonesia, their claims are filed and processed in Consumer Dispute Settlement Institution (BPSK) that shall handle consumer cases only, whereas, commercial contract shall be enforced through the corridor of contract law principles. This shows that there is an overlap between the instruments of consumer law and contract law. Normatively, consumer protection in Indonesia is stipulated in The Law Number 8 Year 1999 on Consumer Protection. This paper discusses the scope of consumer contracts, the regulation and the law enforcement. It also elaborates the concept of consumer and the principle of product liability provided in Indonesian regulation compared to the Consumer Rights Directive 2011/83/EU on Consumer Protection.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Amalia R., Agustin E. and Kurniawan F. (2018). Redifining the Principle of Consumer Contract to Maximize Consumer Protection: Elaboration on Product Liability Principle.In Proceedings of the International Law Conference - Volume 1: i-NLAC, ISBN 978-989-758-482-4, pages 405-410. DOI: 10.5220/0010052904050410

in Bibtex Style

@conference{i-nlac18,
author={Rizky Amalia and Erni Agustin and Faizal Kurniawan},
title={Redifining the Principle of Consumer Contract to Maximize Consumer Protection: Elaboration on Product Liability Principle},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Law Conference - Volume 1: i-NLAC,},
year={2018},
pages={405-410},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010052904050410},
isbn={978-989-758-482-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Law Conference - Volume 1: i-NLAC,
TI - Redifining the Principle of Consumer Contract to Maximize Consumer Protection: Elaboration on Product Liability Principle
SN - 978-989-758-482-4
AU - Amalia R.
AU - Agustin E.
AU - Kurniawan F.
PY - 2018
SP - 405
EP - 410
DO - 10.5220/0010052904050410