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Informationen zum Autor Johanna Niemi is Senior Researcher at National Research Institute of Legal Policy, Helsinki, Finland.Photograph © University of Turku. Iain Ramsay is Emeritus Professor of Law at Kent Law School, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK where he was Professor from 2007-2020. William C Whitford is Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Zusammenfassung This book provides a comparative appraisal of global developments in the area of consumer bankruptcy and overindebtedness. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionJOHANNA NIEMI-KIESILÄINEN, IAIN RAMSAY, WILLIAM C WHITFORDI: Theoretical Perspectives on Consumer Bankruptcy1. Consumer Credit Society and Consumer Bankruptcy: Reflections on Credit Cards and Bankruptcy in the Informational EconomyIAIN RAMSAY2. Collective or Individual? Constructions of Debtors and Creditors in Consumer BankruptcyJOHANNA NIEMI-KIESILÄINEN3. Personal Bankruptcy Law: A Behavioural PerspectiveSAUL SCHWARTZII: Consumer Over-indebtedness in Countries Without Bankruptcy4. Consumer Bankruptcy and Over-indebtedness in BrazilJOSÉ REINALDO DELIMA LOPES5. Development of Consumer Credit in China and Concerns about the Underlying Legal InfrastructureXIAN-CHU ZHANG6. Searching for an Over-indebtedness Regulatory System for Portugal and the European UnionMARIA MANUEL LEIT MAO MARQUES AND CATARINA FRADEIII: New Consumer Bankruptcy Systems7. ‘Thou shalt pay thy debts’ Personal Bankruptcy Law and Inclusive Contract LawUDO REIFNER8. The Political Economy of Personal Bankruptcy in IsraelRAFAEL EFRAT9. Current Trends in Consumer Insolvency in Hong KongCHARLES D BOOTHIV: Changes in and Evaluations of Mature Consumer Bankruptcy Regimes10. Bankruptcy in Transition: The Case of England and Wales—The Neo-Liberal Cuckoo in the European Bankruptcy Nest?IAIN RAMSAY11. Developments in Consumer Bankruptcy in AustraliaROSALIND MASON AND JOHN DUNS12. New Zealand Bankruptcy Law Reform: The New Role of the Official Assignee and the Prospects for a No-Asset RegimeTHOMAS GW TELFER13. Who Uses Chapter 13?TERESA A SULLIVAN, ELIZABETH WARREN, JAY LAWRENCE WESTBROOK14. Generosity Versus Accessibility: Bankruptcy, Consumer Credit and Health Care Finance in the USMELISSA B JACOBYV: Debtor Education and Debtor Counselling15. Can Voluntary Debt Settlement and Consumer Bankruptcy Coexist? The Development of Dutch Insolvency LawNICK HULS, NADJA JUNGMANN, BERT NIEMEIJER16. Debtor Education in Bankruptcy: The Perspective of Interest AnalysisJEAN BRAUCHER17. Establishing Financial Literacy Programmes for Consumer Debtors: Complex Issues on the PlatterKAREN GROSS...
