Stephanie Ben‐ishai
Biographic Data
| ID | 4414635 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephanie Ben‐ishai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephanie |
| FAMILY NAME | Ben‐ishai |
| SIGNATURE | BEN ISHAI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Tilting the Playing Field Away from the Discharge of Debts
We examine the increasing prevalence of consumer proposals as a debt relief option in Canada, highlighting the shift in insolvency regulation toward creditor interests and the implications of this for debtors. Canada has two federally regulated debt relief options. One is bankruptcy, which generally offers the discharge of most debts after nine months but requires that large assets, such as homes and cars, be sold for the benefit of creditors. Th…
Prevalence of High-Cost Loans among the Debts of Canadian Insolvency Filers
Les prêts à cout élevé, y compris les prêts à tempérament à taux élevé ainsi que les petits prêts sur salaire à cout élevé, sont courants au Canada et, comme nous le montrons, le sont encore plus aujourd’hui qu’ils ne l’étaient autrefois. Les sociétés prêteuses sont des entreprises privées et ne sont pas tenues de rendre compte du volume de leurs prêts ni des caractéristiques de leurs emprunteur·ses. Cependant, les données associées aux déclarati…
Credit Counselling in Canada
When debt becomes unmanageable, two options for a consumer debtor in Canada are: (1) enlisting the services of a bankruptcy trustee, and (2) becoming a client of a not-for-profit credit counselling agency. Each of these options is regulated differently and has public and private dimensions. At first glance, these two options might seem to illustrate the potential of multiple legal orders to better serve the public. In this paper, however, we argu…
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Credit Counselling in Canada
When debt becomes unmanageable, two options for a consumer debtor in Canada are: (1) enlisting the services of a bankruptcy trustee, and (2) becoming a client of a not-for-profit credit counselling agency. Each of these options is regulated differently and has public and private dimensions. At first glance, these two options might seem to illustrate the potential of multiple legal orders to better serve the public. In this paper, however, we argu…
Prevalence of High-Cost Loans among the Debts of Canadian Insolvency Filers
Les prêts à cout élevé, y compris les prêts à tempérament à taux élevé ainsi que les petits prêts sur salaire à cout élevé, sont courants au Canada et, comme nous le montrons, le sont encore plus aujourd’hui qu’ils ne l’étaient autrefois. Les sociétés prêteuses sont des entreprises privées et ne sont pas tenues de rendre compte du volume de leurs prêts ni des caractéristiques de leurs emprunteur·ses. Cependant, les données associées aux déclarati…
Tilting the Playing Field Away from the Discharge of Debts
We examine the increasing prevalence of consumer proposals as a debt relief option in Canada, highlighting the shift in insolvency regulation toward creditor interests and the implications of this for debtors. Canada has two federally regulated debt relief options. One is bankruptcy, which generally offers the discharge of most debts after nine months but requires that large assets, such as homes and cars, be sold for the benefit of creditors. Th…
Art (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Debt (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Advertising (1 work) · Agency (philosophy (1 work) · Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (1 work) · Bankruptcy (1 work) · Canadian Policy and Governance (1 work)