A Debtor World Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Debt

Edited by Ralph Brubaker, Professor of Law, University of Illinois, Robert M. Lawless, Professor of Law and co-director of the Illinois Program on Law, Behavior & Social Science, University of Illinois, and Charles J. Tabb, Alice C. Campbell Professor of Law, University of Illinois

Ralph Brubaker is a professor of law at the University of Illinois. He is a prolific scholar of bankruptcy law and policy and is an expert on the complex jurisdictional and procedural facets of federal bankruptcy proceedings. He has been a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the American Bankruptcy Institute, and is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. Robert M. Lawless is a professor of law and co-director of the Illinois Program on Law, Behavior & Social Science at the University of Illinois where he writes and teaches about bankruptcy and consumer credit. He is a regular contributor to the blog Credit Slips, a discussion on credit and bankruptcy, and a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. Charles J. Tabb is the Alice C. Campbell Professor of Law at the University of Illinois, and is on the Católica Global Law Faculty in Lisbon, Portugal. Professor Tabb has published 6 books and dozens of articles on bankruptcy law. He a

the Chinese government on the reform of their bankruptcy law; served on the Advisory Committee for the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure; and served as a Uniform Law Commissioner. Professor Tabb is a member of the Board of Regents of the American College of Bankruptcy.

Contributors: 

Chapter One: Debt, Credit and Poverty in Early Modern England
Craig Muldrew, Senior Lecturer in History, Queens' College, University of Cambridge

Chapter Two: Debt and the Simulation of Social Class
Teresa A. Sullivan, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan 

Chapter Three: "Hyperconsumption" and "Hyperdebt": A "Hypercritical" Analysis
George Ritzer, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland

Chapter Four: Lender Incentives, Credit Risk, and Securitization: Evidence from the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Amir Sufi, Associate Professor of Finance, University of Chicago

Chapter Five: How and Why Credit Assessors "Get it Wrong" When Judging the Risk of Borrowers: Past and Present Evidence at Home and Abroad 
Paul M. Vaaler, Associate Professor of Management, University of Minnesota
Gerry McNamara, Professor of Management, The Michigan State University

Chapter Six: The Psychology of Debt in Poor Households in Britain
Stephen E. G. Lea, Professor of Psychology and Head of School, University of Exeter
Avril J. Mewse, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Exeter
Wendy Wrapson, Honorary Fellow in Psychology, University of Exeter

Chapter Seven: Brain, Decision, and Debt
Brian Knutson, Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Stanford University
Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin, Doctoral Candidate in Psychology, Stanford University

Chapter Eight: The Limits of Enhanced Disclosure in Bankruptcy Law: Anticipated and Experienced Emotion
Richard L. Wiener, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Law and Psychology Program, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Jason A. Cantone, Doctoral Candidate in Psychology, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Michael Holtje, Doctoral Candidate in Psychology, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Susan Block-Lieb, Professor of Law, Fordham University

Chapter Nine: The Virtue of Consumer Bankruptcy 
Heidi M. Hurd, David C. Baum Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, University of Illinois

Chapter Ten: Missing Debtors: National Lawmaking and Global Norm-Making of Corporate Bankruptcy Regimes
Terence C. Halliday, Co-Director, Center on Law and Globalization, American Bar Foundation & University of Illinois College of Law, Research Professor, American Bar Foundation
Susan Block-Lieb, Professor of Law, Fordham University
Bruce G. Carruthers, Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University

Chapter Eleven: Balance of Knowledge
Elizabeth Warren, Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law, Harvard Law School