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Managing the Risks of Peer-to-Peer Goods-Sharing

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Title: Managing the Risks of Peer-to-Peer Goods-Sharing
Authors: Sally Zhu
Source: Law, Technology and Humans, Vol 4, Iss 2, Pp 197-215 (2022)
Publisher Information: Queensland University of Technology, 2022.
Publication Year: 2022
Collection: LCC:Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence
Subject Terms: cyberlaw, consumer law, sharing platforms, risk, insurance, tort, Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence, K1-7720
Description: The peer-to-peer (P2P) goods-sharing economy has flourished into a significant economic sector. However, in the law of England and Wales, the existing legal mechanisms for managing risks to consumers, such as the Consumer Protection Act and Consumer Rights Act, are unsuitable for regulating risk in the P2P-sharing economy. Platform service providers have constructed their own risk-management systems through elaborate contracts, but these do not go far enough in protecting consumers. This paper argues that both legal and platform mechanisms face the same obstacles to scaling efficient risk management due to the atomistic way they approach risk relations. I propose that legal reforms should provide mandates on platforms to institute greater protections for their users by arranging insurance and bearing default risk.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2652-4074
Relation: https://lthj.qut.edu.au/article/view/2419; https://doaj.org/toc/2652-4074
DOI: 10.5204/lthj.2419
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/94e97e3a09e24385b1d42b7e5e4ed7cc
Accession Number: edsdoj.94e97e3a09e24385b1d42b7e5e4ed7cc
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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Abstract:The peer-to-peer (P2P) goods-sharing economy has flourished into a significant economic sector. However, in the law of England and Wales, the existing legal mechanisms for managing risks to consumers, such as the Consumer Protection Act and Consumer Rights Act, are unsuitable for regulating risk in the P2P-sharing economy. Platform service providers have constructed their own risk-management systems through elaborate contracts, but these do not go far enough in protecting consumers. This paper argues that both legal and platform mechanisms face the same obstacles to scaling efficient risk management due to the atomistic way they approach risk relations. I propose that legal reforms should provide mandates on platforms to institute greater protections for their users by arranging insurance and bearing default risk.
ISSN:26524074
DOI:10.5204/lthj.2419