Download or read book Consumer Bankruptcy in Global Perspective written by Johanna Niemi and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2003-11-27 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consumer Bankruptcy and over-indebtedness is an emerging field throughout the world. This book provides a comparative appraisal of global developments in this area. It is one of the first book length publications focusing on comparative consumer bankruptcy and over-indebtedness. It combines theoretical and empirical studies of bankruptcy regimes and consumer credit in civilian and common law jurisdictions as well as exploring current reform trends. The book will be of interest to academics, policymakers and law reformers as well as to practitioners.