Debt's Dominion : : A History of Bankruptcy Law in America / / David A. Skeel.
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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©2001 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Core Textbook |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 p.) :; 4 tables |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- PART ONE. THE BIRTH OF U.S. INSOLVENCY LAW
- PART TWO. THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND NEW DEAL
- PART THREE. THE REVITALIZATION OF BANKRUPTCY
- PART FOUR. THE VIEW FROM THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
- EPILOGUE. Globalization and U.S. Bankruptcy Law
- NOTES
- INDEX