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Comparative Consumer Insolvency Regimes
Jacob Ziegel
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Description for Comparative Consumer Insolvency Regimes
Hardcover. This study compares the insolvency regimes currently in place or likely to be adopted in the foreseeable future in various countries worldwide. Num Pages: 212 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; 1KBC; LNCB3; LNCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
All modern legal systems with advanced economies must address the question of how to respond to the needs of insolvent consumers whose burden of debt greatly exceeds their capacity to repay within a reasonable time frame. This study surveys comparatively the insolvency regimes currently in place or likely to be adopted in the foreseeable future in Canada,the United States, Australia, England and Wales, Scotland, Scandinavia and a representative group of Western countries on the continent of Europe. Modern legal systems have two basic alternatives in providing relief for over-committed consumers. The first, which involves restricting the enforcement of individual creditor ... Read more
All modern legal systems with advanced economies must address the question of how to respond to the needs of insolvent consumers whose burden of debt greatly exceeds their capacity to repay within a reasonable time frame. This study surveys comparatively the insolvency regimes currently in place or likely to be adopted in the foreseeable future in Canada,the United States, Australia, England and Wales, Scotland, Scandinavia and a representative group of Western countries on the continent of Europe. Modern legal systems have two basic alternatives in providing relief for over-committed consumers. The first, which involves restricting the enforcement of individual creditor ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hart Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841132723
SKU
V9781841132723
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About Jacob Ziegel
Jacob S. Ziegel is Professor of Law Emeritus in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto.
Reviews for Comparative Consumer Insolvency Regimes
...should have a lasting influence on the continuing debate about consumer credit and consumer bankruptcy going on across Europe. Adrian Walters Journal of Consumer Policy, Vol.28, Issue 2 2005 We are much indebted to Hart Publishing. So far as I am aware, no books dealing with consumer insolvency have previously been published in this country, and we now have two ... Read more