Legal protection for consumers against misleading advertisements: a case study of Malaysian consumer protection act 1999; and its lesson to Jordan

Consumer protection refers to laws and other forms of government regulation which are designed to protect the rights and safety of consumers. One of the purposes of consumer protection law is to protect consumers from misleading advertisements. This study focuses on the issue of consumer protection...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Al-Sharu, Ahmad Ibrahim
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng eng
Published:	2020
Subjects:	HF5415.33 Consumer Behavior. K Law (General)
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/8971/1/S95964_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8971/2/S95964_02.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8971/3/s95964_references.docx
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

id	my-uum-etd.8971
record_format	uketd_dc
spelling	my-uum-etd.89712023-03-20T06:51:28Z Legal protection for consumers against misleading advertisements: a case study of Malaysian consumer protection act 1999; and its lesson to Jordan 2020 Al-Sharu, Ahmad Ibrahim Mohd Noor, Fauziah Abdul Rahman, Rohana Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government HF5415.33 Consumer Behavior. K Law (General) Consumer protection refers to laws and other forms of government regulation which are designed to protect the rights and safety of consumers. One of the purposes of consumer protection law is to protect consumers from misleading advertisements. This study focuses on the issue of consumer protection against misleading advertisement based on Jordanian legislation including the Draft Law of Jordan Consumer Protection 2013. In addition, this study also examine the consumer protection law in Malaysia especially the Consumer Protection Act 1999 and other relevant laws to consumer protect. Among the objectives of this research are to examine the legislation in Jordan in protecting consumers from misleading advertisements and to analyse the consumer protection law in Malaysia to learn important lessons from Malaysian legislation on consumer protection. This study employs qualitative research which consists of library research and field research. The interview method is used to generate data from Members of Parliament, Consumer Protection Association of Jordan and Food and Drug Administration in Jordan. It also involves online survey to get responses from consumers in Jordan. Content analysis is conducted on official reports and statute as primary sources supported with secondary sources in the textbooks, government publications, academic journals, articles from newspapers and internet sources. This study finds that the existing legislation in Jordan is insufficient to protect consumers against misleading advertisement in Jordan. Therefore, this study suggests a review of the provisions of the Draft Law of Jordan Consumer Protection 2013 and proposes recommendations regarding issues of the consumer protection against misleading advertisement in Jordan. These recommendations should be taken seriously by the Jordan legislature in addressing consumer protection generally and particularly misleading advertisements issue in Jordan. 2020 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/8971/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/8971/1/S95964_01.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/8971/2/S95964_02.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/8971/3/s95964_references.docx text eng public other doctoral Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
collection	UUM ETD
language	eng eng eng
advisor	Mohd Noor, Fauziah Abdul Rahman, Rohana
topic	HF5415.33 Consumer Behavior. K Law (General)
spellingShingle	HF5415.33 Consumer Behavior. K Law (General) Al-Sharu, Ahmad Ibrahim Legal protection for consumers against misleading advertisements: a case study of Malaysian consumer protection act 1999; and its lesson to Jordan
description	Consumer protection refers to laws and other forms of government regulation which are designed to protect the rights and safety of consumers. One of the purposes of consumer protection law is to protect consumers from misleading advertisements. This study focuses on the issue of consumer protection against misleading advertisement based on Jordanian legislation including the Draft Law of Jordan Consumer Protection 2013. In addition, this study also examine the consumer protection law in Malaysia especially the Consumer Protection Act 1999 and other relevant laws to consumer protect. Among the objectives of this research are to examine the legislation in Jordan in protecting consumers from misleading advertisements and to analyse the consumer protection law in Malaysia to learn important lessons from Malaysian legislation on consumer protection. This study employs qualitative research which consists of library research and field research. The interview method is used to generate data from Members of Parliament, Consumer Protection Association of Jordan and Food and Drug Administration in Jordan. It also involves online survey to get responses from consumers in Jordan. Content analysis is conducted on official reports and statute as primary sources supported with secondary sources in the textbooks, government publications, academic journals, articles from newspapers and internet sources. This study finds that the existing legislation in Jordan is insufficient to protect consumers against misleading advertisement in Jordan. Therefore, this study suggests a review of the provisions of the Draft Law of Jordan Consumer Protection 2013 and proposes recommendations regarding issues of the consumer protection against misleading advertisement in Jordan. These recommendations should be taken seriously by the Jordan legislature in addressing consumer protection generally and particularly misleading advertisements issue in Jordan.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	other
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Al-Sharu, Ahmad Ibrahim
author_facet	Al-Sharu, Ahmad Ibrahim
author_sort	Al-Sharu, Ahmad Ibrahim
title	Legal protection for consumers against misleading advertisements: a case study of Malaysian consumer protection act 1999; and its lesson to Jordan
title_short	Legal protection for consumers against misleading advertisements: a case study of Malaysian consumer protection act 1999; and its lesson to Jordan
title_full	Legal protection for consumers against misleading advertisements: a case study of Malaysian consumer protection act 1999; and its lesson to Jordan
title_fullStr	Legal protection for consumers against misleading advertisements: a case study of Malaysian consumer protection act 1999; and its lesson to Jordan
title_full_unstemmed	Legal protection for consumers against misleading advertisements: a case study of Malaysian consumer protection act 1999; and its lesson to Jordan
title_sort	legal protection for consumers against misleading advertisements: a case study of malaysian consumer protection act 1999; and its lesson to jordan
granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department	Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government
publishDate	2020
url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/8971/1/S95964_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8971/2/S95964_02.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/8971/3/s95964_references.docx
_version_	1776103707132297216

Legal protection for consumers against misleading advertisements: a case study of Malaysian consumer protection act 1999; and its lesson to Jordan

Similar Items