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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451321003321

Titolo

Consumer bankruptcy in global perspective / edited by Johanna Niemi-Kiesiläinen, Iain Ramsay, and William Whitford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; Portland, Oregon, : Hart Publishing, 2003

ISBN

1-4742-0220-9

1-280-80843-8

9786610808434

1-84731-103-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 p.)

Disciplina

346.078

Soggetti

Bankruptcy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- JOHANNA NIEMI-KIESILÄINEN, IAIN RAMSAY, WILLIAM C WHITFORD -- I: Theoretical Perspectives on Consumer Bankruptcy -- 1. Consumer Credit Society and Consumer Bankruptcy: Reflections on Credit Cards and Bankruptcy in the Informational Economy -- IAIN RAMSAY -- 2. Collective or Individual? Constructions of Debtors and Creditors in Consumer Bankruptcy -- JOHANNA NIEMI-KIESILÄINEN -- 3. Personal Bankruptcy Law: A Behavioural Perspective -- SAUL SCHWARTZ -- II: Consumer Over-indebtedness in Countries Without Bankruptcy -- 4. Consumer Bankruptcy and Over-indebtedness in Brazil -- JOSÉ REINALDO DELIMA LOPES -- 5. Development of Consumer Credit in China and Concerns about the Underlying Legal Infrastructure -- XIAN-CHU ZHANG -- 6. Searching for an Over-indebtedness Regulatory System for Portugal and the European Union -- MARIA MANUEL LEIT MAO MARQUES AND CATARINA FRADE -- III: New Consumer Bankruptcy Systems -- 7. 'Thou shalt pay thy debts' Personal Bankruptcy Law and Inclusive Contract Law -- UDO REIFNER -- 8. The Political Economy of Personal Bankruptcy in Israel -- RAFAEL EFRAT -- 9. Current Trends in Consumer Insolvency in Hong Kong -- CHARLES D BOOTH -- IV: Changes in and Evaluations of Mature



Consumer Bankruptcy Regimes -- 10. Bankruptcy in Transition: The Case of England and Wales-The Neo-Liberal Cuckoo in the European Bankruptcy Nest? -- IAIN RAMSAY -- 11. Developments in Consumer Bankruptcy in Australia -- ROSALIND MASON AND JOHN DUNS -- 12. New Zealand Bankruptcy Law Reform: The New Role of the Official Assignee and the Prospects for a No-Asset Regime -- THOMAS GW TELFER -- 13. Who Uses Chapter 13? -- TERESA A SULLIVAN, ELIZABETH WARREN, JAY LAWRENCE WESTBROOK -- 14. Generosity Versus Accessibility: Bankruptcy, Consumer Credit and Health Care Finance in the US -- MELISSA B JACOBY -- V: Debtor Education and Debtor Counselling -- 15. Can Voluntary Debt Settlement and Consumer Bankruptcy Coexist? The Development of Dutch Insolvency Law -- NICK HULS, NADJA JUNGMANN, BERT NIEMEIJER -- 16. Debtor Education in Bankruptcy: The Perspective of Interest Analysis -- JEAN BRAUCHER -- 17. Establishing Financial Literacy Programmes for Consumer Debtors: Complex Issues on the Platter -- KAREN GROSS

Sommario/riassunto

Consumer Bankruptcy and over-indebtedness is an emerging field throughout the world. This book provides a comparative appraisal of global developments in this area. It is one of the first book length publications focusing on comparative consumer bankruptcy and over-indebtedness. It combines theoretical and empirical studies of bankruptcy regimes and consumer credit in civilian and common law jurisdictions as well as exploring current reform trends. The book will be of interest to academics, policymakers and law reformers as well as to practitioners