This blog is about international developments in credit, debt and insolvency. I am Iain Ramsay and I conduct comparative and international research on credit, debt and insolvency. I have recently published a book Personal Insolvency in the 21st Century: A Comparative Analysis of the US and Europe and am currently studying comparative approaches to addressing the issue of “No Income: No Asset” debtors, including the English Debt Relief Order. I am also interested in emerging international paradigms of credit regulation since the Great Recession of 2008.
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Breathing Spaces and Early Intervention: Some Issues
The government has now published draft regulations for a ‘breathing space’ for individuals with problem debt in England and Wales (see here). The breathing space…
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Contract law, social force majeure and adjusting consumer credit contracts
The Coronavirus pandemic has spawned a raft of responses to address potential debt problems faced by businesses and individuals (see here). For example, the most…
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The EU and Personal Insolvency: Entrepreneurs but not consumers
Much attention has focused on the recent EU Directive on Restructuring, aimed primarily at facilitating corporate restructuring. Less attention has been paid to the Directive’s…
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Safety nets for casualties in the world economy of debt
Branko Milanovich in Global Inequality documents the winners and losers from the globalisation of economies since 1988. Middle and lower income groups in the rich world …
