For those of you who will at the annual meeting for the Law & Society Association in San Francisco this week, there are panels exploring issues related to household debt on Thursday and Friday. Academics from North America, South America, and Europe and representing different disciplines will be presenting papers on issues relating to bankruptcy, credit reporting, credit regulation, and many other topics.
The schedule and line-up appears below the fold. The locations will be in the program for the annual meeting. Note that attendees must register through the Law & Society Association.
PANEL I (IRC21 Comparative Perspectives on Household Debt and Insolvency I)
Scheduled Time: Thu, Jun 2 – 12:30pm – 2:15pm Building/Room: St. Francis or Nikko / TBA
Chair: Katherine Porter (University of Iowa)
Mortgaging Human Capital: Perversity and Predation in the World of Student Loan Debt
*Jean Braucher (University of Arizona)
Chapter Choice, Race, and Attorney Attitudes
*Robert M. Lawless (University of Illinois), Jean Braucher (University of Arizona), Dov Cohen (University of Illinois)
Brazilian Perspectives on Privacy in the Context of Credit Reporting
*Antonio Jose M Porto (Getulio Vargas Foundation)
Credit Card Counseling for Bankruptcy Filers and Non-Filers
Richard Wiener (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), *Susan Block-Lieb (Fordham University)
PANEL II (IRC21 Comparative Perspectives on Household Debt and Insolvency II)
Scheduled Time: Thu, Jun 2 – 2:30pm – 4:15pm Building/Room: St. Francis or Nikko / TBA
Chair: Robert M. Lawless (University of Illinois)
Globalization and the Regulation of Consumer Finance
*Adam Feibelman (Tulane University)
Undocumented Debtors in the Bankruptcy System
*Chrystin Ondersma (Rutgers University, Newark)
The Pretend Solution: An Empirical Study of Bankruptcy Outcomes
*Katherine Porter (University of Iowa)
Debt Forgiveness and Apology: Judicial Decision Making in Bankruptcy
*Jennifer K. Robbennolt (University of Illinois), Robert M. Lawless (University of Illinois)
PANEL III (IRC21 Comparative Perspectives on Household Debt and Insolvency III)
Scheduled Time: Fri, Jun 3 – 8:15am – 10:00am Building/Room: St. Francis or Nikko / TBA
Chair: Saul Schwartz (Carleton University)
Determining the Mental Health Cost of Debt: The Interaction between Debt and Mental Illness
*Nigel J Balmer (University College London), Catrina Denvir (Legal Services Research Centre), Ashish Patel (Legal Services Research Centre), Pascoe Pleasence (University College London)
The Good, The Bad, or The Ugly: What Is Credit Counseling Anyway?
*Stephanie Ben-Ishai (York University), *Saul Schwartz (Carleton University)
A Comparative Critical Examination of the Empirical Foundations beneath Personal Insolvency Laws’ Conceptions of Consumer Debtors
*Joseph Spooner (University College, London)
Retail Financial Services: Responsible (Credit) Intermediation through Risk-based Remuneration?
*Michiel De Muynck (University of Ghent)