The future of consumer credit regulation
Subtitle: creative approaches to emerging problems
By: [edited] by Michelle Kelly-Louw, James P. Nehf, and Peter Rott.
Contributors: Kelly-Louw, Michelle.; Nehf, James P.; Rott, Peter.
Series: Markets and the law
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780754674177
Subjects: Consumer credit -- Law and legislation; Financial services industry -- Law and legislation; Financial security; Literacy programs
Description: "Effective regulation of consumer credit in modern society is an ever-changing challenge. As new forms of credit emerge in free societies, regulation often lags behind. This volume explores contemporary problems related to the regulation of consumer credit in market economies with a focus on credit extended to the most vulnerable and poorest members of the community. Written by experts in the field of consumer credit regulation from Europe, North America, Australia, and South Africa, the book examines some of the most important consumer credit issues facing consumers today and proposes innovative ways to protect the consumer interest in those markets."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Financial literacy and the creation of financial citizens / Gail Pearson; title: Broad standards as a vehicle for consumer rights : the case of financial products in the united kingdom / Iain MacNeil; title: From status to contract : evolving paradigms for regulating consumer credit / Rashmi Dyal-Chand; title: The EU financial services policy and its effect on consumer law / Manfred Westphal; title: Responsible lending or restrictive lending practices? : balancing concerns regarding over-indebtedness with addressing financial exclusion / Therese Wilson; title: Payday loans : unintended consequences of American efforts to tame the beast / Mary Spector; title: Credit alternatives and micro-lending in American immigrant communities / James P. Nehf; title: Better consumer protection under the statutory "in duplum" rule / Michelle Kelly-Louw; title: A struggling social safety net : global lessons from bankruptcy and healthcare reforms in the United States, France, and England / Robert J. Landry, III, and Amy K. Yarbrough; title: The reform of administration orders within a new consumer credit framework / André Boraine; title: Defining the unincorporated business in financial distress : should it be treated as a business or as a consumer? / Anneli Loubser.