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.Sporadically, Chapter 7 trustees have provided financial management education to their debtors. ... If we cannot justify the concept in general, then the efforts to implement programmes will be on a shaky foundation. Moreover, providing such educationaeven on a pro bono basis to debtorsais not cost-free. ... and its philosophical underpinnings see, eg C Curnock, a#39;Insolvency Counsellinga Innovation Based on the Fourteenth Centurya#39; (1999) 37 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 387.
Title | : | Consumer Bankruptcy in Global Perspective |
Author | : | Johanna Niemi, Iain Ramsay, William C Whitford |
Publisher | : | Bloomsbury Publishing - 2003-11-27 |
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