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

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; Portland, Oregon, : Hart Publishing, 2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (378 p.)
• Disciplina: 346.078
• Soggetto topico: Bankruptcy
• Persona (resp. second.): Niemi-KiesiläinenJohanna; RamsayIain; WhitfordWilliam C. <1940->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Consumer bankruptcy in global perspective
• ISBN: 1-4742-0220-9; 1-280-80843-8; 9786610808434; 1-84731-103-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823414503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II