Law 796: Comparative Consumer Bankruptcy

This course is offered as a 2-credit, spring-semester intensive course. It will cover individual bankruptcy in different jurisdictions and the extent of similarity between them. Also considered is the motivation for increased interest in consumer bankruptcy. Because there is no world-wide regime, the course will necessarily consider particular aspects of selected country regimes, including topics of commencement and property. Attention however, will be given to the issues that generically contribute to increased interest in consumer bankruptcy including economic and demographic factors. Consideration will be made of theoretical issues around comparative ideals with some reference to corporate bankruptcy theory where appropriate. Student participation and research comprise an essential component of this course. There are no prerequisites and this course can be used to satisfy the upper level writing requirement.