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The Indentured Generation: Bankruptcy And Student Loan Debt, Daniel A. Austin
The Indentured Generation: Bankruptcy And Student Loan Debt, Daniel A. Austin
Daniel A. Austin
A generation of Americans has borrowed heavily for their education, and hundreds of thousands of them are deeply in debt. Some 37 million Americans owe a total of approximately $1 trillion dollars in student loans. They constitute an Indentured Generation as many of them will be burdened with student loan debt for much of their lives. With one of the worst job markets in decades, members of the Indentured Generation who are in particularly dire circumstances will turn to bankruptcy for a “fresh start.” But most student loan debtors will not get relief through bankruptcy. This is because the Bankruptcy …
The Indentured Generation: Bankruptcy And Student Loan Debt, Daniel A. Austin
The Indentured Generation: Bankruptcy And Student Loan Debt, Daniel A. Austin
Daniel A. Austin
A generation of Americans has borrowed heavily for their education, and hundreds of thousands of them are deeply in debt. Some 37 million Americans owe a total of approximately $1 trillion dollars in student loans. They constitute an Indentured Generation as many of them will be burdened with student loan debt for much of their lives. With one of the worst job markets in decades, members of the Indentured Generation who are in particularly dire circumstances will turn to bankruptcy for a “fresh start.” But most student loan debtors will not get relief through bankruptcy. This is because the Bankruptcy …
The Indentured Generation: Bankruptcy And Student Loan Debt, Daniel Austin
The Indentured Generation: Bankruptcy And Student Loan Debt, Daniel Austin
Daniel A. Austin
THE INDENTURED GENERATION:
BANKRUPTCY AND STUDENT LOAN DEBT
By Daniel A. Austin
Associate Professor, Northeastern University School of Law
A generation of Americans has borrowed heavily for their education, and hundreds of thousands of them are deeply in debt. Some 37 million Americans owe a total of approximately $1 trillion dollars in student loans. They constitute an Indentured Generation as many of them will be burdened with student loan debt for much of their lives. With one of the worst job markets in decades, members of the Indentured Generation who are in particularly dire circumstances will turn to bankruptcy for …
The Indentured Generation: Bankruptcy And Student Loan Debt, Daniel A. Austin
The Indentured Generation: Bankruptcy And Student Loan Debt, Daniel A. Austin
Daniel A. Austin
THE INDENTURED GENERATION:
BANKRUPTCY AND STUDENT LOAN DEBT
By Daniel A. Austin
Associate Professor, Northeastern University School of Law
A generation of Americans has borrowed heavily for their education, and hundreds of thousands of them are deeply in debt. Some 37 million Americans owe a total of approximately $1 trillion dollars in student loans. They constitute an Indentured Generation as many of them will be burdened with student loan debt for much of their lives. With one of the worst job markets in decades, members of the Indentured Generation who are in particularly dire circumstances will turn to bankruptcy for …
The Indentured Generation: Bankruptcy And Student Loan Debt, Daniel A. Austin
The Indentured Generation: Bankruptcy And Student Loan Debt, Daniel A. Austin
Daniel A. Austin
A generation of Americans has borrowed heavily for their education, and hundreds of thousands of them are deeply in debt. Some 37 million Americans owe a total of approximately $1 trillion dollars in student loans. They constitute an Indentured Generation as many of them will be burdened with student loan debt for much of their lives. With one of the worst job markets in decades, members of the Indentured Generation who are in particularly dire circumstances will turn to bankruptcy for a “fresh start.” But most student loan debtors will not get relief through bankruptcy. This is because the Bankruptcy …
Bankruptcy And The Myth Of "Uniform Laws", Daniel Austin
Bankruptcy And The Myth Of "Uniform Laws", Daniel Austin
Daniel A. Austin
The Bankruptcy Clause of the Constitution empowers Congress to enact “uniform Laws on the subject of bankruptcies.” Common definitions of the word uniform include “always the same” and “not variable.” Yet the rights and remedies of debtors and creditors in a bankruptcy case vary significantly depending upon the state and federal jurisdiction in which the case is filed. Rather than a single uniform law of bankruptcy, the U.S. has multiple bankruptcy laws and regimes based upon geography.
The cause of bankruptcy nonuniformity lies in the structure of our bankruptcy system. Many sections of the Bankruptcy Code incorporate state law, which …
Bankruptcy And The Myth Of "Uniform Laws", Daniel A. Austin
Bankruptcy And The Myth Of "Uniform Laws", Daniel A. Austin
Daniel A. Austin
The Bankruptcy Clause of the Constitution empowers Congress to enact “uniform Laws on the subject of bankruptcies.” Common definitions of the word uniform include “always the same” and “not variable.” Yet the rights and remedies of debtors and creditors in a bankruptcy case vary significantly depending upon the state and federal jurisdiction in which the case is filed. Rather than a single uniform law of bankruptcy, the U.S. has multiple bankruptcy laws and regimes based upon geography.
The cause of bankruptcy nonuniformity lies in the structure of our bankruptcy system. Many sections of the Bankruptcy Code incorporate state law, which …
Eat My Dirt! Dirt-For-Debt Swaps Under 11 U.S.C. §1129(B)(2)(A)(Iii), Daniel A. Austin
Eat My Dirt! Dirt-For-Debt Swaps Under 11 U.S.C. §1129(B)(2)(A)(Iii), Daniel A. Austin
Daniel A. Austin
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