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Workshop on Bankruptcy
May 17–19, 2001
St. Louis, Missouri
Prof. Jean Braucher, University of Arizona
Braucher@nt.law.arizona.edu
Book
Nick Huls, Overindebtedness of Consumers In the EC Member States: Facts and Search for Solutions (Kluwer, 1994).
Symposia
Journal of Consumer Policy (a European publication), vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 133-287 (1997).
Osgood Hall L. J., Vol. 37, Nos. 1 & 2 (pp. 1-511) (1999).
Contacts
Organizers of the Law & Society Association Collaborative Research Network:
Prof. William Whitford, University of Wisconsin
whitford@lawmail.law.wisc.edu
Prof. Iain Ramsay, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto
iransay@yorku.ca
Johanna Niemi-Kiesilainen, Sr. Lecturer in Law, University of Helsinki
johanna.niemi-kiesilainen@helsinki.fi
Information about the Law & Society Budapest meeting, July 4-7, 2001, can be found at www.lawandsociety.org/ann_mtg
Preliminary Program of Budapest Conference Panels
Panel 1317 Consumer Debt, Debtors, and Bankruptcy: Cultural and Legal Constructs
Iain Ramsay, York University, CANADA
Chair/Discussant
Marianne B. Culhane and Michaela M. White, Creighton University, U.S.A.
The Fresh Start in U.S. Consumer Bankruptcy: As Fresh as Advertised?
Jose Reinaldo de Lima Lopes, Universidade de Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
Consumer Over-indebtedness in Brazil
Alexander Karpf, Austrian Federal Ministry of Justice, AUSTRIA
Comparative Study of the Law of Debt Collection of Consumer Debts in England and Austria
Johanna Niemi-Kiesilainen, University of Helsinki, FINLAND
Collective or Individual? Constructions of Debtors and Creditors in Consumer Bankruptcy
Panel 2202 Consumer Choice and Real Debtors
William C. Whitford, University of Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Chair/Discussant
Rafi Efrat, California State University, U.S.A.
Personal Bankruptcy in Israel: An Empirical Study
Melissa Jacoby, Temple University, U.S.A.
Do Medical and Job-Related Debts Provide One Explanation for Failure of Debt Repayment Plans?
Saul Schwartz, Carleton University, CANADA
A Behavioural Model of Bankruptcy
Teresa A. Sullivan, University of Texas, Austin, U.S.A., and Elizabeth Warren, Harvard University, U.S.A.
Who Chooses Chapter 13? An Analysis of Consumer Choices, 1981-1999
Panel 2502 Deregulation, Expansion of Credit, and Consumer Bankruptcy Law
Jacob Ziegel, University of Toronto, CANADA
Chair/Discussant
Catarina Frade and Maria Manuel Leitâo Margues, University of Coimbra, PORTUGAL
Developments in Consumer Credit in Portugal
Udo Reifner, Institute for Financial Services, Hamburg, GERMANY
Law and Consumer Poverty
Thomas G. W. Telfer, University of Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
Consumer Bankruptcy Law in New Zealand: Access to the Discharge in the Market Economy
Anu-Ell Visberg and Viia Parts, Estonian Agricultural University, ESTONIA
Insolvency and Bankruptcy of a Private Person in Estonia
Panel 3217 Recent Developments in Consumer Bankruptcy
Jean Braucher, University of Arizona, U.S.A.
Chair/Discussant
Charles Booth, University of Hong Kong, PR OF CHINA
Hong Kong’s New Bankruptcy Law: Is It Working?
Nick Huls, Nadja Jungmann, Erasmus University, THE NETHERLANDS, and Bert Niemeyer, Justice Department, THE NETHERLANDS
Effects of the New Dutch Bankruptcy Law
Rosalind Mason, University of Southern Queensland, AUSTRALIA, and John Duns, Monash University, AUSTRALIA
Developments in Consumer Bankruptcy in Australia
Xian-Chu Zhang, University of Hong Kong, PR OF CHINA
Consumer Bankruptcy: Urgency and Difficulties in China
Jacob Ziegel, University of Toronto, CANADA
The Canadian Qualified Fresh Start: A Middle Ground for Consumer Bankruptcy
Panel 4117 Debtor Education, Debt Counseling, and Trustees in Bankruptcy
Johanna Niemi-Kiesilainen, University of Helsinki, FINLAND
Chair/Discussant
Jean Braucher, University of Arizona, U.S.A.
Debtor Education in Consumer Bankruptcy: Theory and Practice
Karen Gross, New York Law School, U.S.A.
Financial Literacy Education: A View from the Trenches
Iain Ramsay, York University, CANADA
Market Imperatives, Professional Discretion, and the Role of Intermediaries in Consumer Bankruptcy: The Canadian Trustee in Bankruptcy
Scott F. Norberg, University of California, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Debtor Discharge and Creditor Debt Collection in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Cases