The rise and fall of the duty of suitability in the Peruvian Consumer Protection law

• Autor: Rodríguez García, Gustavo
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2014
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/10876
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/themis/article/view/10876
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Duty of suitability; consumer protection; jurisprudence; reasonable consumer; Deber de idoneidad; protección al consumidor; jurisprudencia; consumidor razonable

The term "suitability" is understood as the correspondence between what a consumer expects and what he actually receives. In that sense, to clarify what is meant by "duty of suitability" it is necessary to analyze theconcept of "consumer” as well.However, when it comes to our consumer protection system, can we say it is protecting the reasonable consumer, the average consumer or the negligent consumer? In this regard, what are the implications of opting for the protection of one or the  other?  In this article, the author seeks to answer these questions through an analysis of national jurisprudence regarding consumer protection.