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SUMMARY:The Political Development of American Debt Relief
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DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Throughout the 19th century and into the 20th\, over
 -indebted people engaged in large\, vigorous campaigns to demand governmen
 ts’ protection from ruinous debt. Their appeals to state legislatures ac
 ross the country extended into the national arena\, leading the U.S. to ha
 ve one of the most protective debt relief regimes in the world by the end 
 of the 19th century. Yet by the second half of the twentieth century\, cul
 minating in a creditor-led retrenchment of the bankruptcy code in 2005. Em
 ily Zackin will discuss The Political Development of American Debt Relief 
  (co-authored with Chloe Thurston). The talk will explore key episodes in 
 the development of debt-relief law in order to explain the uneven politica
 l mobilization of debtors and creditors over time\, and the conditions tha
 t allowed each side at various times to bend the law toward their preferen
 ces.
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LOCATION:Manor Road Building - Seminar Room C\, Seminar Room C Manor Road 
 Building Manor Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3UQ United Kingdom
SPEAKER:Emily Zackin (Johns Hopkins University)
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