Student Loans and Bankruptcy: Five Years Later

Authors

Stephanie Ben-Ishai, Osgoode Hall Law School of York UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2014

Source Publication

Annual Review of Insolvency Law

Keywords

Student loans; Student aid--Law and legislation; Bankruptcy; Canada

Abstract

"Part II considers the treatment of student loans in bankruptcy in Canada and outlines the main rationale behind the most recent round of reforms — namely government student loan programs' own debt relief measures. Part III evaluates this rationale by reviewing the student loan programs' own debt relief measures. Part IV goes on to review and summarize all of the reported decisions applying the current legislation on student loans in bankruptcy and highlights the key trends. Part V puts the Canadian discussion of the treatment of student loans in bankruptcy in context by highlighting the current state of the law and recent developments in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Part VI concludes with suggested reforms to the BIA."

Comments

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Repository Citation

Ben-Ishai, Stephanie. “Student Loans and Bankruptcy: Five Years Later.” Annual Review of Insolvency Law. (2014):221.