معرفی
Christopher Lewis Peterson is a Professor of Law at the University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law. His work focuses on consumer financial protection, predatory lending, and mortgage regulation, with a particular emphasis on the intersection of law, economics, and public policy. He has authored numerous scholarly works and frequently collaborates with legal and economic experts like Prentiss Cox and Diane Thompson.
Research Interests
His research spans consumer law, financial regulation, and consumer protection, analyzing systemic issues in credit markets, including:
- Predatory lending in subprime and payday loan contexts
- Mortgage securitization and its role in economic crises
- CFPB enforcement and regulatory challenges
- Debt collection practices and legal reforms
- Antitrust in gig economy platforms
- Usury laws and their modern applications
Publication Trends
His 21 articles from 2003–2024 show a focus on consumer financial regulation (6 papers), predatory lending (5 papers), and mortgage law (4 papers). Recent work addresses pandemic-era financial policy (2020) and antitrust in rideshare (2022), while historical analysis includes Truth in Lending Act (2003) and subprime mortgage crises (2007).
