소비자 보호를 위한 소비자개념의 명확화

Clarification of consumer concept for consumer protection

Transactions before modern times were a simple concept of consumption. It was a society in which the concept of a consumer was not required as a form of purchasing and consuming necessary things through barter. However, through the Industrial Revolution, mass production of products was carried out, consumption, and surplus products were created, and producers began selling them to earn profits. It appeared in the form of a transaction in which ordinary people purchase necessary items. And in this process, the concept of consumer appeared. As the industry develops and consumers from consumption are placed in a poor position in relation to businesses, each country enacts consumer protection laws to correct this. In Korea, starting with the Consumer Protection Act in 1980 and changing to the Consumer Basic Act, many laws and regulations to protect consumers have been enacted. However, in these laws, the definition of consumer is not clear and various concepts that require interpretation have emerged. This thesis aims to organize the controversy about the consumer concept that appeared in this process and to make a proposal for rational concept organization through this.