An updated edition shares essential information on how to build and protect one's credit, explains how to make informed decisions about debt management and bankruptcy, and covers the latest changes in bankruptcy law, credit card rates, and home equity loans. Original.

This text explains how to properly use credit and seeks to help readers gain a better understanding of how to determine one's credit standing.

Shares essential information on how to build and protect one's credit, explains how to make informed decisions about debts and bankruptcy, and covers the latest changes in bankruptcy law, credit card rates, and home equity loans.

Using familiar examples and careful, step-by-step explanations, the latest book in the successful American Bar Association series addresses all the major areas of consumer law. Readers will learn a wealth of information about warranties, fraud, credit cards, how to camcel unfair contracts, and even such cyberspace issues as whether software can be lawfully copied. 192 pp. Author tour. 15,000 print.

Presents thousands of United States laws and legal questions involving all aspects of life, including marriage, estate planning, disabilities, and consumer credit.

This volume is designed to be a practical aid and introductory bankruptcy text.