A Tortuous History: The Student Loan Exception to Discharge

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Dalié Jiménez

University of California, Irvine School of Law; Harvard Law School - Center on the Legal Profession

Date Written: April 10, 2014

Abstract

This is a short essay detailing the various times that Congress has enacted laws restricting the dischargeability of student loans in bankruptcy and the statements in the congressional record supporting those legislative changes.

Keywords: student debt, dischargeability, student loan, bankruptcy, discharge

Suggested Citation

Jiménez, Dalié, A Tortuous History: The Student Loan Exception to Discharge (April 10, 2014). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3544267 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3544267

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