Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and first considerations -- Scope -- Prohibited bases for discrimination -- Proving credit discrimination -- Discrimination in pre-application and application procedures -- Discrimination in credit evaluation -- Redlining -- Discrimination law challenges to predatory lending and unfair pricing -- Discrimination subsequent to granting of credit -- ECOA procedural requirements -- Litigating a credit discrimination case -- Government enforcement -- Appendixes. Federal credit discrimination statutes -- Regulation B (Equal Credit Opportunity) -- Official interpretations of Regulation B -- Fair Housing Act regulations -- Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and Regulation C -- State credit discrimination laws -- Sample pleadings -- Sample discovery -- Consumer's guide to credit discrimination laws (appropriate for distribution to clients) -- Bibliography of social science research on credit discrimination issues -- Useful credit discrimination weblinks.