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The challenges of digitisation for consumers / Gerd Billen -- Digital revolution : challenges for contract law / Reiner Schulze, Dirk Staudenmayer -- Conformity of 3D prints : can current sales law cope? / Christian Twigg-Flesner -- 3D printing : the limits of contract and challenges for tort / Geraint Howells, Chris Willett -- Regulation of share economy : a consistently changing environment / Larry A. DiMatteo -- Share economy and the consumer concept / Rafael Illescas Ortiz -- Share economy and consumer protection / Caroline Meller-Hannich -- Profiling and targeting consumers in the Internet of things : a new challenge for consumer law / Natali Helberger -- Contractual duties and allocation of liability in automated digital contracts / Rolf H. Weber -- Consumer contracts and the Internet of things / Christiane Wendehorst -- Liability and risk management in robotics / Erica Palmerini, Dr. Andrea Bertolini -- Statement / Rolf H. Weber -- Statement / Robert MacDougall.

The creation of a single digital single market is one of the key objectives of the European Commission. The included essays deal with the challenges for European contract law in the areas of 3D printing, a sharing economy, and the Internet of Things. The proliferation of digital products, particularly the Internet of Things, and the sharing economy cause new challenges for legislators. The information included here covers the impact on contractual obligations, the effects of the contractual and non-contractual liability, as well as the notion of 'consumer apart'-- Provided by Publisher.

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