Failure and Forgiveness Rebalancing the Bankruptcy System

Name: Failure and Forgiveness Rebalancing the Bankruptcy System
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ISBN: 9780300078633

ISBN-10: 0300078633

ISBN-13: 9780300078633

Edition: 1999

Authors: Karen Gross

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In 1996 a record one million-plus bankruptcy cases were filed in the United States. In Failure and Forgiveness, an eminent legal authoriy provides an accessible introduction to, and a radical reappraisal of, the bankruptcy system in America.

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 2/8/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 316
Size: 0.56" wide x 0.85" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



How to Think about Bankruptcy



Understanding the Bankruptcy Code



Getting Down to Basics



Empiricism and Bankruptcy



What Is Transpiring in the Bankruptcy System?



Rehabilitating Debtors for Their Sake and Our Own



Finding the Outliers among Us



Effectuating the Fresh Start Policy



Thinking about Creditors



Rethinking Equality of Distribution among Creditors



Two Thorny Issues Concerning Creditors



The Interests of Community



Which Communities Matter within the Bankruptcy System?



How to Balance



Conclusions and Recommendations


Notes


Glossary


Index