Posted 10/29/09
The Insurance Law Center at the
University of Connecticut School of Law presents:
CONSUMER FINANCE POST-APARTHEID:
THE SOUTH AFRICAN EXPERIENCE
Friday and Saturday, November 20-21, 2009
University of Connecticut School of Law
William F. Starr Hall
Hartford, Connecticut
In 2006, South Africa passed landmark legislation to
regulate consumer credit. The new South African law
represents a sharp departure from consumer credit
regulation in the United States. The conference will
examine the circumstances that gave rise to the South
African law and the effects of that law on access to
credit, consumer welfare, business growth (including
microfinance), and fair lending. In addition, consumer
credit experts from South Africa, the U.S., Canada, and the
U.K. will compare their respective approaches to consumer
over-indebtedness and bankruptcy.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:
Friday, November 20
9:00 a.m.
The U.S. Approach to Consumer Credit Regulation in
Hindsight
- Kathleen C. Engel, Suffolk University Law School
- Patricia A. McCoy, University of Connecticut School of
Law
- Elizabeth Renuart, Albany Law School
10:15 a.m.
The Reasons for the South African National Credit Act
- Gabriel Davel, Chief Executive Officer, National Credit
Regulator of South Africa
- Penelope Hawkins, FEASibilitY Pty Ltd.
- Harry Rajak, Sussex Law School
- Peter Setou, National Credit Regulator of South Africa
1:00 p.m.
Keynote Address:
- Gabriel Davel, C.E.O., National Credit Regulator of South
Africa
1:45 p.m.
The National Credit Act Described
- Michelle Kelly-Louw, University of South Africa
2:30 p.m.
The Experience with the South African Act to Date: Part I
- Penelope Hawkins, FEASibilitY Pty Ltd.
- Michelle Kelly-Louw, University of South Africa
3:45 p.m.
The Experience with the South African Act to Date: Part II
- Andre Boraine, University of Pretoria
- Hermie Coetzee, University of Pretoria
- Franciscus Haupt, University of Pretoria
- Melanie Roestoff, University of Pretoria
Saturday November 21
9:00 a.m.
Consumer Financial Education and Awareness in South Africa
- Peter Setou, National Credit Regulator of South Africa
- Carel van Aardt, University of South Africa
10:15 a.m.
Small Business and Microfinance Lending
- Gerhard Coetzee, University of Pretoria
- Rashmi Dyal-Chand, Northeastern University Law School
- Kate McKee, World Bank
11:30 a.m.
Competition and Consumer Financial Services Regulation
- Adam Levitin, Georgetown University Law Center
12:30 p.m.
Challenges Going Forward in U.S. Consumer Financial
Regulation
- Janis Pappalardo, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
1:15 p.m.
Roundtable Discussion on Developments in U.S. Consumer
Credit Regulation
- Kathleen Engel, Suffolk University Law School
- Cassandra Jones Havard, University of Baltimore School of
Law
- Creola Johnson, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State
University
- Kathleen Keest, Center for Responsible Lending
- Alan White, Valparaiso University School of Law
2:30 p.m.
Roundtable Discussion on Consumer Bankruptcy: A Comparative
Perspective
- Andre Boraine, University of Pretoria
- Adam Feibelman, University of North Carolina (Chapel
Hill) School of Law
- Jason Kilborn, The John Marshall Law School
- Adam Levitin, Georgetown University Law Center
- Jay Westbrook, University of Texas School of Law
3:45 p.m.
Conceptual Challenges in Access to Credit versus Regulation
- Gabriel Davel, C.E.O., National Credit Regulator of South
Africa
- Janis Pappalardo, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
- Patricia McCoy, University of Connecticut School of Law
- Jay Westbrook, University of Texas School of Law
REGISTRATION:
http://tinyurl.com/uconnlawsouthafrica