The Extension of Bankruptcy Institute to Individuals as a Protection Mechanism of the Indebtedness Consumer

This article seeks to analyze the scope of the legal effects produced by the civil consumer overindebtednes when he founds himself in a situation in which he's not able to pay his debts without threatening the principle of human dignity and the existential minimum. It will be argued that only t...

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Autor: Paula, Ana Cristina Alves de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação em Direito (CONPEDI)
Repositorio:Revista Brasileira de Direito Empresarial
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.indexlaw.org:article/992
Acceso en línea:http://www.indexlaw.org/index.php/direitoempresarial/article/view/992
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Failure of the natural person
Consumer overindebtedness
Civil insolvency
Falência da pessoa natural
Superendividamento do consumidor
Insolvência civil
Descripción
Sumario:This article seeks to analyze the scope of the legal effects produced by the civil consumer overindebtednes when he founds himself in a situation in which he's not able to pay his debts without threatening the principle of human dignity and the existential minimum. It will be argued that only the natural person's bankruptcy institute can guarantee to creditors of the insolvent debtor civil isonomic satisfaction of their credits and, simultaneously, protect the dignity of the debtor.