A Holistic Approach to Extra-Judicial Enforcement and Private Debt Collection – A Comparative Account of Trends, Empirical Evidences, and the Connected Regulatory Challenges – Part Two

Pravni Zapisi, vol. XI, No. 1, pp. 17-68, 2020

52 Pages Posted: 20 Aug 2020

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Tibor Tajti (Thaythy)

Central European University-Private University, Vienna, Austria

Date Written: July 18, 2020

Abstract

The article is a comparative account of empirical evidences and regulatory responses on the practices and corollary problems of private debt collectors as compared to private bailiffs and repossession agents.

Part One of the article reflects on the importance of extra-judicial enforcement, clarifies the terminology, and illustrates the corollary problems through two brief case studies from Hungary: one on the activities of private car-repossession companies and the other on the aggressive collection practices of private debt collectors. These are then assessed under sector-specific laws of Australia and the United States as developed regulatory systems.

Part Two is an overview of related contemporary laws. Anglo-Saxon systems (United Kingdom and the United States), as possessing the most developed regulatory systems. European civil law jurisdictions, where besides a brief account of Danish, French and Italian laws, the focus is on Germany in which its 2008 Act on Provision of Out-of-Court Legal Services is ongoing. Central and Eastern European (post-socialist) systems, all having reformed their bailiff systems, but having failed to face the challenged the appearance of private debt collectors on their markets, are covered as well, from Lithuania and Poland, to Croatia and Serbia.

Keywords: private debt collection, self-help repossession, private and public bailiffs, law reforms

Suggested Citation

Tajti (Thaythy), Tibor, A Holistic Approach to Extra-Judicial Enforcement and Private Debt Collection – A Comparative Account of Trends, Empirical Evidences, and the Connected Regulatory Challenges – Part Two (July 18, 2020). Pravni Zapisi, vol. XI, No. 1, pp. 17-68, 2020 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3655107

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