Legal and economic scholars from around the world present 17 papers from panels conducted as part of academic meetings during 2001 in Budapest. They cover theoretical perspectives on consumer bankruptcy, consumer over-indebtedness in countries without bankruptcy provisions, new consumer bankruptcy systems, changes in and evaluations of mature consumer bankruptcy regimes, and debtor education and counseling. Case studies come from Brazil, China, Portugal and the European Union, Israel, Hong Kong, England and Wales, Australia, the US, and the Netherlands. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)