El fundamento último de la protección al menor consumidor: la inexperiencia en el ámbito patrimonial

In Rome, the younger consumer between 12 -women- or 14 -men- and 25 years old had total civil capacity. They could acquire without limit, sell without limit, mortgage, rent and so on. The problem is that this younger consumer will be easily misled or deceived or defrauded by experienced people. Roman law, given the seriousness of the situation, in 200 BC, promulgated a law -Lex Laetoria-. This law had one objective: the total protection of the younger consumer. And by means of this law the younger consumer could cancel old contracts with other people at any time, and the interest of younger people was over and above the general interest. In 2007, it's not the same. The law isn't the same any more. Theoretically the younger consumer hasn't got, before 18 years old, total civil capacity. But in practice, all young people, even before 18 years old, acquire without limit save obvious exceptions such as tobacco and alcohol. At the moment, the interest of young people isn't over and above the general interest: consumerism is.