CONFERENCE – Experts from the world over came to Germany to discuss overindebtedness |
Academics from Chemnitz in Germany have organised a forum for experts on overindebtedness and are helping the responsible credit coalition by promoting discussions on the cause and consequences of overindebtedness.
A dozen experts from the EU and ten presenters coming from the US, China; Japan, Kanada and Australia came to Chemnitz on 26-28 of March 2009.
The programme and the presentations are attached below including a link to the organiser's website.
OVERINDEBTEDNESS: EVERYDAY RISK IN MODERN SOCIETIES? THEORETICAL ASPECTS AND EMPIRICAL FINDINGS IN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Meeting at the University of Technology Chemnitz / Department of Sociology
26.03.09 – 28.03.09
Thursday
10:30 Welcoming: Ditmar Brock
11: 00 – 11:45
Johanna Niemi-Kiesiläinen (National Research Insitute of Legal Policy Helsinki): “Overindebtedness – an international legal concern?”
12:00 – 13:00: Lunch
EMPIRICAL PROBLEMS IN THE MEASURMENT OF OVERINDEBTEDNESS.
Moderation: Götz Lechner
13:00 – 13:45
Robert M. Lawless (University of Illinois): “Who are the Self-Employed in Bankruptcy?”
13:45 – 14:30
Eva Münster (Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz): “Overindebtedness and Health – Social Medicine Cognitions for Health Services Research.”
14:30 – 15:15
Götz Lechner (University of Technology Chemnitz): “New Findings in Private Bankruptcy in Germany. Results and methodical Aspects.”
15:15 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:45
Alexy Buck (Legal Services Research Centre, London)
16:45 – 17:30
Iain Ramsay (University of Kent) "Beyond neo-liberalism? Regulatory capitalism and Consumer Credit".
17:30 – 18:30
Ditmar Brock; Wolfram Backert (University of Technology Chemnitz): The Need for an International Research Perspective in Overindebtedness and Private Bankruptcy – Discussion
Dinner
Friday
9:30 – 10:00 Coffee
OVERNDEBTEDNESS AND PRIVATE BANKRUPTCY IN AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE I.
Moderation: Johanna Niemi-Kiesiläinen
10:00 – 10:45
Michael A. Green (University of Wales Bangor): “Changes in the UK Over-indebtedness Regime: Shifts in Political Drivers and the Development of Public Policy,”
10:45 – 11:30
Nadja Jungmann, Nick Huls (Erasmus University Rotterdam): “Private Bankruptcy and Overindebtedness: The Dutch System”
11:30 – 12:15
Jason Kilborn (John Marshall Law School Chicago): “Consumer Bankruptcy Refoms in Demark and the USA”
Lunch
OVERINDEBTEDNESS AND PRIVATE BANKRUPTCY IN AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE II.
Moderation: Iain Ramsay
13:15 – 14:00
Annina Persson (Örebrö University Sweden): “The New Swedish Debt Relief Law.”
14:00 – 14:45
Georg Kodek (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien): “Twelve Years of Consumer Bankruptcy in Austria – An Emprical Study on Debtors and Court Proceedings.”
14:45 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:15
Souichirou Kozuka (Sophia University Tokio), Luke Nottage (University of Sydney):
16:15 – 17:00
Catarina Frade; Claudia Lopes (University of Coimbra, Portugal): “Overindebtedness and Private Bankruptcy in Portugal.”
17:45 – 18:30
Ming Qi (Jilin University School of Law, China): “What did Chinese bankruptcy law of 2006 bring to us? Legislation policies and Judicial Practices.”
Saturday
9:30 – 10:00 Coffee
GOVERNMENTS AND MARKETS
Moderation: Jason Kilborn
10:00 – 10:45
Stephanie Ben-Ishai (Osgoode Hall Law School Toronto): “Are Governments causing the Overindebtedness of the Poor? Evidence from a Legal Aid Clinic.”
10:45 – 11:30
Susan Block-Lieb (Fordham Law School New York), Ted Janger (Brooklyn Law School New York): “Demand-Side Gatekeepers in the Market for Consumer Credit.”
11:30 – 12:15
Gregory D. Squires (George Washington University Washington DC): “Segregation and the Subprime Lending Crisis.”
12:15 – End of the Meeting |
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42433 |
Author(s): |
ECRC |
Publication date: |
01/04/09 |
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Block-Lieb/Janger - The Myth of the Rational Borrower (Chemnitz, March 2009)
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S. Kozuka - The Overindebtedness as a Legal and Policy Problem (Chemnitz, March 2009)
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M. Kelly-Louw - Consumer Protection Against Various Interest Rate Hikes (Chemnitz, March 2009)
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M. Knobloch - People in Consumer Advice Agencies in Germany (Chemnitz, March 2009)
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M. Qi - What did Chinese Bankruptcy Law of 2006 bring to us (Chemnitz, March 2009)
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N. Huls, N. Jungmann - Paper, Regulation and Self Regulation in the Fight against overindebtedness (Chemnitz, March 2009)
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R. Lawless - The Problem of Small Business Owners in the US Consumer Bankruptcy System (Chemnitz, March 2009)
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S. Ben-Ishai, S. Schwartz- Are Governments Causing the Overindebtedness of the Economically Disadvantaged? (Chemnitz, March 2009)
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S. Block-Lieb, E. Janger - Demand-Side Gatekeepers in the Market for Consumer Credit (Chemnitz, March 2009)
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J. Kilborn- Danish Gældssanering 1972-2009 (Chemnitz, March 2009)
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J. Niemi - Overindebtedness, An International Legal Concern (Chemnitz, March 2009)
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G. Lechner - New Findings in Private Bankruptcy in Germany. Results and Methodological Aspects (Chemnitz, March 2009)
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G. Kodek - Twelve Years of Consumer Bankruptcy in Austria (Chemnitz, March 2009)
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F. Jesus, C. Lopes - Overindebtedness in Portugal, A Sociological Profile (Chemnitz, March 2009)
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E. Münster, H. Rüger, S. Letzel- Over-indebtedness and health (Chemnitz, March 2009)
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D. Brock, W. Backert - The Need for an International Research on overindebtedness (Chemnitz, March 2009)
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A. Persson - The New Swedish Debt Relief Law (Chemnitz, March 2009)
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S. Block-Lieb, E. Janger- Gatekeepers Goals in the Market for Home Loans (Chemnitz, March 2009)
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