Consumer credit, debt and bankruptcy : comparative and international perspectives /: comparative and international perspectives. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Johanna Niemi, Iain Ramsay and William C. Whitford.
• Other Names: Niemi-Kiesiläinen, Johanna; Ramsay, Iain; Whitford, William C, 1940-
• Contents: Inequality and access to financial services / Gregory D Squires -- The political economy of consumer credit securitization : comparing predatory lending in home finance in the US, UK, Germany and Japan / Christopher L Peterson -- Consumer overindebtedness in Brazil and the need for new consumer bankruptcy legislation / Cláudia Lima-Marques and Antônio Benjamin -- 'Wannabe WAGS' and 'credit binges' : the constructions of overindebtedness in the UK / Iain Ramsay -- Overindebted households and law : prevention and rehabilitation in Europe / Johanna Niemi -- 'A call to arms' : for regulation of consumer lending / Udo Reifner -- The political economy of the EC consumer credit directive / Sefa M Franklin -- Disclosure as an imperfect means for addressing overindebtedness : an empirical assessment of comparative approaches / Susan Block-Lied [and others]. -- Prevention of overindebtedness and mechanisms for resolving overindebtedness of South African consumers / Michelle Kelly-Louw -- The myth of the cautious consumer : law, culture, economics and politics in the rise and partial fall of unsecured lending in Japan / Souichirou Kozuka and Luke Nottage -- Making sense of nation-level bankruptcy filing rates / Ronald J Mann -- Overindebtedness and financial stress : a comparative study in Europe / Catarina Frade and Claudia Abreu Lopes -- Bankruptcy in Germany : filing rates and the people behind the numbers / Wolfram Backert [and others] -- Elderly consumer weakness in 'withholding credit' / Johannes Doll -- Two decades, three key questions, and evolving answers in European consumer insolvency law : responsibility, discretion, and sacrifice / Jason Kilborn -- A law-in-action approach to comparative study of repayment forms of consumer bankruptcy / Jean Braucher -- Debt agreements from down under / John Duns and Rosalind Mason -- Personal bankruptcy in Korea / Soogeun Oh --New labour : more debt : the political response / Michael Green -- Debt counseling in the shadow of the court : the Dutch experience / Nadja Jungmann and Nick Huls.
• Publisher Details: Oxford Portland, OR : Hart Pub
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 453 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 346.073; Consumer credit -- Law and legislation -- Congresses; Debtor and creditor -- Congresses; Bankruptcy -- Congresses; LAW -- Consumer; Bankruptcy; Consumer credit -- Law and legislation; Debtor and creditor; Consumentenkrediet; Schulden; Faillissement; Schuldsanering; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings; Landenoverzichten (vorm); Rechtsvergelijking (vorm)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847315229; 1847315224; 9781472560506; 1472560507
• Related ISBNs: 1841132586; 9781841132587
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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