THE CEGLA CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH OF THELAW
THE BUCHMANN FACULTY OF LAW
INTERNATIONALCONFERENCE
PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY IN THE 21ST CENTURY:
EMERGING TRENDS AND NEW CHALLENGES
)‫דיני חייבים ונושים (פשיטת רגל והוצאה לפועל‬
JUNE 5–8, 2005
SUNDAY, JUNE 5
The Buchmann Faculty of Law Trubowicz Building, Malka Brender Hall of Justice
18:30 – 20:30 OPENING SESSION EMERGING TRENDS AND NEW CHALLENGES
Chair:
Professor Harry Rajak, Sussex Law School, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
Greetings:
Professor Ariel Porat, Dean of the Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Opening Speaker:
Adv. Davida Lachman-Messer, Deputy Attorney General, Ministry of Justice, Israel
Keynote Speakers:
Justice Asher Grunis, Supreme Court, Jerusalem, Israel
Lord Hoffmann, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, House of Lords, London, United Kingdom
Sessions on June 6 – 8 will be held at the Faculty of Law, Trubowicz Building, 3rd Floor, Room 307, The Sonia Kossoy
Conference Room.
MONDAY, JUNE 6
9:00 – 12:45 SESSION 1
DEBT COLLECTION AND CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Professor Soogeun Oh, Department of Law, EWHA Womans University, Korea
Law and Policy of Personal Bankruptcy in Korea – Challenges and Responses
Dr. Pablo Lerner, Academic College of Law, Ramat Gan, Israel
Defining the Profile of Execution Law in Israel
Professor Charles Booth, Faculty of Law, Hong Kong University
Hong Kong Consumer Insolvency Law Reform
Professor Jacob Ziegel, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Canada
Facts on the Ground and Reconciliation of Divergent Consumer Insolvency Philosophies
Discussant: Dr. Neta Ziv and Dr. Roy Kreitner, The Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Israel
14:15 – 15:45 SESSION 2
THE “DECLINE OF THE STIGMA” DEBATE – EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
Professor Jay Westbrook, University of Texas School of Law, USA
Twenty-First Century Bankruptcy: Two Decades of Evidence about Consumer Debt and the Stigma of Bankruptcy
Professor Rafi Efrat, Business Law Department, California State University, Northridge, USA
The Evolution of Social Norms in Bankruptcy
Discussant: Dr. Dafna Hacker, The Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Israel
16:00 – 17:30 SESSION 3
THE BANKRUPT ENTREPRENEUR
Dr. David Hahn, Faculty of Law, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Shareholders’ Guarantees in Small-Medium Enterprise Bankruptcies
Professor Harry Rajak, Sussex Law School, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
"Bankruptcy as Protection?"
Discussant: Dr. Omri Yadlin, The Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Israel
TUESDAY, JUNE 7
16:00 – 17:30 SESSION 4
THE CREDIT MARKET AND BANKRUPTCY
Professor Richard Hynes, William & Mary Law School, Williamsburg, USA
Bankruptcy Exemptions and Their Costs
Professor Ronald J. Mann, University of Texas School of Law, USA
The Relation Between Regulation of Consumer Credit and Bankruptcy
Discussant: Dr. David Gilo, The Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Israel
10:45 – 12:45 SESSION 5 BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS AND BANKRUPTCY POLICY
Professor Jason Kilborn, LSU Law Center, Louisiana State University, USA
Behavioral Economics, Overindebtedness & Comparative Consumer Bankruptcy: Searching for Causes and Evaluating
Solutions
Professor Ron Harris and Adv. Einat Albin, The Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Bankruptcy Policy in Light of Persuasion in Credit Advertisement
Discussant: Dr. Yuval Feldman, Faculty of Law, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
14:00 – 17:30 SESSION 6 SOCIAL -ECONOMIC POLICY AND CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY
Dr. Avital Margalit, Faculty of Law, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
State Subsidies and Mortgage Foreclosure
Professor Mary-Jo Wiggins, University of San Diego, USA
Conservative Economics and Optimal Personal Bankruptcy Policy
Professor Christoph Paulus, Faculty of Law, Humboldt University, Germany
A Fresh Start for Consumers – Tensions Between Legal Doctrines, Economic Attitudes and Social Policy
Professor Jean Braucher, James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona, USA
Theories of Overindebtedness: Interaction of Structure and Culture
Discussants: Professor Menachem Mautner and Dr. Ofer Grosskopf, The Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Israel
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8
9:00 -12:00 ROUNDTABLE
REFORM IN ISRAELI BANKRUPTCY AND EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT LAW
Chairs:
Professor Rafi Efrat, Business Law Department, California State University, Northridge, USA
Professor Ron Harris, The Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Discussion between conference participants and policy-makers representing:
The Ministry of Justice, The Court Administration, The Official Receiver,
The Israel Bar, HALEV - The Association for Fighting Poverty in Israel
THE CEGLA CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH OF THE LAW
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