"Empirical and Policy Perspectives on Consumer Bankruptcy Law in the United States (in ENDEUDAMIENTO DEL CONSUMIDOR E INSOLVENCIA FAMILIAR)" by Melissa B. Jacoby

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Empirical and Policy Perspectives on Consumer Bankruptcy Law in the United States (in ENDEUDAMIENTO DEL CONSUMIDOR E INSOLVENCIA FAMILIAR)

(2009)

Melissa B. Jacoby, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Abstract

This chapter, published in Spanish, offers new empirical data from the U.S. on consumer bankruptcy filers from the 2007 Consumer Bankruptcy Project, an evaluation of the two-chapter bankruptcy system, and proposals for structural reform.

Keywords

bankruptcy,
law reform,
credit cards,
mortgages,
medical debt

Disciplines

Bankruptcy Law,
Commercial Law,
Comparative and Foreign Law,
Consumer Protection Law,
Contracts and
Law

Publication Date

2009

Editor

Matilde Cuena Casas & Jose Louis Colina Mediavilla

Publisher

Thompson Reuters

Citation Information

Melissa B. Jacoby. Empirical and Policy Perspectives on Consumer Bankruptcy Law in the United States (in ENDEUDAMIENTO DEL CONSUMIDOR E INSOLVENCIA FAMILIAR). (2009)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/melissa_jacoby/31/