The concept of «consumer» and the legal status of the consumer under the Republic of Kazakhstan legislation

Abstract

The purpose of the research work is based on the analysis of theoretical positions and current legal norms, determining the legal status of a consumer under national legislation, the definition of the concept «consumer» and the legal mechanism of consumer rights protection. To achieve the goal, the authors highlighted the following tasks: development of proposals for the improvement and systematization of legislation aimed at improving the effectiveness of applying legislation practice. The authors consider the
theoretical essence of the concept «consumer», conducting an analysis of the legal status of consumer under the Republic of Kazakhstan legislation. This article pays special attention to the legal norms of national legislation aimed at protecting of consumers` rights, normative legal acts are divided into groups, and for this reason there are gaps and inconsistencies in the legal regulation of consumer protection relations. Scientific novelty is the conduct of a comprehensive study of civil law aspects, theoretical and practical problems of consumer protection in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the development of proposals aimed at improving the
legislation ensuring consumer protection. The conclusions and proposals obtained as a result of the research can be used in the future at carrying out research work on the problems of increasing the effectiveness of national legislation governing consumer protection relations, and the results obtained can be used to improve law-making and law-enforcement practice.