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e-ISBN: 978-1-63425-358-1

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Edelman, Daniel A., author.

Title: ABA consumer guide to understanding & protecting your credit rights A practical resource for maintaining good credit / Daniel Edelman.

Other titles: Borrower and credit rights | American Bar Association consumer guide to borrower and credit rights

Description: Chicago, Illinois : American Bar Association, 2017.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017019660 | ISBN 9781634253574

Subjects: LCSH: Consumer credit—Law and legislation—United States. |

Credit cards—Law and legislation—United States. | Debit cards—Law and legislation—United States. | Credit—Law and legislation—United States. | Debtor and creditor—United States. | Consumer protection—Law and legislation—United States.

Classification: LCC KF1040 .E34 2017 | DDC 346.7307/3—dc23 LC record available at

https://lccn.loc.gov/2017019660

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