Debt's Dominion : a History of Bankruptcy Law in America.

Debt's Dominion : a History of Bankruptcy Law in America.

Bankruptcy in America, in stark contrast to its status in most other countries, typically signifies not a debtor's last gasp but an opportunity to catch one's breath and recoup. Why has the nation's legal system evolved to allow both corporate and individual debtors greater control ov...

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Main Author: Skeel, David A., Jr
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Bankruptcy > United States > History.
Bankruptcy > Political aspects > United States > History.
Bankruptcy
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE: THE BIRTH OF U.S. INSOLVENCY LAW; CHAPTER ONE: The Path to Permanence in 1898; CHAPTER TWO: Railroad Receivership and the Elite Reorganization Bar; PART TWO: THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND NEW DEAL; CHAPTER THREE: Escaping the New Deal: The Bankruptcy Bar in the 1930's; CHAPTER FOUR: William Douglas and the Rise of the Securities and Exchange Commission; PART THREE: THE REVITALIZATION OF BANKRUPTCY; CHAPTER FIVE: Raising the Bar with the 1978 Bankruptcy Code
  • CHAPTER SIX: Repudiating the New Deal with Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code PART FOUR: THE VIEW FROM THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY; CHAPTER SEVEN: Credit Cards and the Return of Ideology in Consumer Bankruptcy; CHAPTER EIGHT: Bankruptcy as a Business Address: The Growth of Chapter 11 in Practice and Theory; EPILOGUE: Globalization and U.S. Bankruptcy Law; NOTES; INDEX

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