Student debt'plays an increasingly significant role in perpetuating the subordination of Black and Latinx people in the United States. 2 For students of color, who are disproportionately …
Student loans, unlike other debts, are not dischargeable in bankruptcy unless the debtor starts a special proceeding and proves that repayment would cause" undue hardship." This …
PK Bookman - University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 2025 - papers.ssrn.com
In vast numbers of debt collection cases, defendants never appear. Courts then routinely issue default judgments, often rubber-stamping complaints with little or no examination of …
Sexual violence has been decriminalized through disbelief, apathy, and inaction. Disbelief in the case of police, prosecutors, and sometimes even friends and family members who …
" I was sold a 2014 Nissan Sentra for $15,900 minus $2,000 trade-in on a 72-month loan, but Santander Consumer USA charged me $31,921.76 with monthly payments of $415.58," …
JD Fish - The University of Chicago Law Review, 2019 - JSTOR
Since the 1990s, the trade in second-hand debt has exploded. Debt collectors now relentlessly pursue decades-old debts, purchased for pennies on the dollar from primary …
SB Laing - Loy. Consumer L. Rev., 2023 - HeinOnline
ABSTRACT Interest in Universal Basic Income (UBI) is growing. While Congress may not be passing UBI legislation anytime soon, the policy has enjoyed enthusiastic support from a …
This article shines a light on the overwhelmingly unilateral nature of debt collection lawsuits in California, analyzing a data set of 2.2 million court records from 16 counties, spanning …