Based on author's thesis (doctoral - -University College, London, 2014) issued under title: Personal insolvency law in the modern consumer credit society : English and comparative perspectives.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Financialised capitalism and the centrality of household debt -- Consumer bankruptcy theory and the case for debt relief -- A consumer bankruptcy marketplace -- The limits of contractual consumer bankruptcy -- The austere creditor : austerity, bankruptcy policy and government debt collection -- Moral hazard and bankruptcy abuse prevention -- Conclusion.
Summary
"This book arrives a decade after the Global Financial Crisis and the beginning of the Great Recession, at a time when much of the world still labours under problems vividly brought to light by these events. In recent years, book after book appears to have been published identifying fundamental crises in the contemporary economic and political order, from a range of political and ideological perspectives"--Provided by publisher.
