Contents: Preface; Introduction; Part I Emerging Paradigms: Financial literacy and the creation of financial citizens, Gail Pearson; Broad standards as a vehicle for consumer rights: the case of financial products in the United Kingdom, Iain MacNeil; From status to contract: evolving paradigms for regulating consumer credit, Rashmi Dyal-Chand; The EU financial services policy and its effect on consumer law, Manfred Westphal. Part II Responsible Lending: Responsible lending or restrictive lending practices? Balancing concerns regarding over-indebtedness with addressing financial exclusion, Therese Wilson; Payday loans: unintended consequences of American efforts to tame the beast, Mary Spector; Credit alternatives and micro-lending in American immigrant communities, James P. Nehf. Part III Debt Relief and Insolvency: Better consumer protection under the statutory 'in duplum' rule, Michelle Kelly-Louw; 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. Yarborough; The reform of administration orders within a new consumer credit framework, Andre Boraine; Defining the unincorporated business in financial distress: should it be treated as a business or a consumer?, Anneli Loubser; Index.
