Author: Henry J. Sommer
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1620459566
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
The most comprehensive and reliable guide for consumers--by the nation's preeminent bankruptcy attorney. This information-packed guide offers consumers all the help they will need to protect themselves through every step in the bankruptcy process.
Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Practice: Appendix A. Bankruptcy statues
Author: Henry J. Sommer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781602481145
Category : Bankruptcy
Languages : en
Pages : 1438
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781602481145
Category : Bankruptcy
Languages : en
Pages : 1438
Book Description
Debt's Dominion
Author: David A. Skeel Jr.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400828503
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
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 over their fate than imaginable elsewhere? Masterfully probing the political dynamics behind this question, David Skeel here provides the first complete account of the remarkable journey American bankruptcy law has taken from its beginnings in 1800, when Congress lifted the country's first bankruptcy code right out of English law, to the present day. Skeel shows that the confluence of three forces that emerged over many years--an organized creditor lobby, pro-debtor ideological currents, and an increasingly powerful bankruptcy bar--explains the distinctive contours of American bankruptcy law. Their interplay, he argues in clear, inviting prose, has seen efforts to legislate bankruptcy become a compelling battle royale between bankers and lawyers--one in which the bankers recently seem to have gained the upper hand. Skeel demonstrates, for example, that a fiercely divided bankruptcy commission and the 1994 Republican takeover of Congress have yielded the recent, ideologically charged battles over consumer bankruptcy. The uniqueness of American bankruptcy has often been noted, but it has never been explained. As different as twenty-first century America is from the horse-and-buggy era origins of our bankruptcy laws, Skeel shows that the same political factors continue to shape our unique response to financial distress.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400828503
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
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 over their fate than imaginable elsewhere? Masterfully probing the political dynamics behind this question, David Skeel here provides the first complete account of the remarkable journey American bankruptcy law has taken from its beginnings in 1800, when Congress lifted the country's first bankruptcy code right out of English law, to the present day. Skeel shows that the confluence of three forces that emerged over many years--an organized creditor lobby, pro-debtor ideological currents, and an increasingly powerful bankruptcy bar--explains the distinctive contours of American bankruptcy law. Their interplay, he argues in clear, inviting prose, has seen efforts to legislate bankruptcy become a compelling battle royale between bankers and lawyers--one in which the bankers recently seem to have gained the upper hand. Skeel demonstrates, for example, that a fiercely divided bankruptcy commission and the 1994 Republican takeover of Congress have yielded the recent, ideologically charged battles over consumer bankruptcy. The uniqueness of American bankruptcy has often been noted, but it has never been explained. As different as twenty-first century America is from the horse-and-buggy era origins of our bankruptcy laws, Skeel shows that the same political factors continue to shape our unique response to financial distress.
As We Forgive Our Debtors
Author: Teresa A. Sullivan
Publisher: Beard Books
ISBN: 9781893122154
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Bankruptcy in America is a booming business, with hundreds of thousands of ordinary Americans filing for bankruptcy each year. Is this dramatic growth a result of mushrooming debt or does it reflect a moral decline that permits the middle class to evade their debts? As We Forgive Our Debtors addresses these questions with hard empirical data drawn from bankruptcy court filings. The authors of this multidisciplinary study describe the law and the statistics in clear, nontechnical language, combining a thorough statistical description of the social and economic position of consumer bankrupts with human portraits of the debtors and creditors whose journeys have ended in bankruptcy court. Book jacket.
Publisher: Beard Books
ISBN: 9781893122154
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Bankruptcy in America is a booming business, with hundreds of thousands of ordinary Americans filing for bankruptcy each year. Is this dramatic growth a result of mushrooming debt or does it reflect a moral decline that permits the middle class to evade their debts? As We Forgive Our Debtors addresses these questions with hard empirical data drawn from bankruptcy court filings. The authors of this multidisciplinary study describe the law and the statistics in clear, nontechnical language, combining a thorough statistical description of the social and economic position of consumer bankrupts with human portraits of the debtors and creditors whose journeys have ended in bankruptcy court. Book jacket.
Consumer Financial Services Answer Book (2015 Edition)
Author: Richard E. Gottlieb
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781402422614
Category : Class actions (Civil procedure)
Languages : en
Pages : 1222
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781402422614
Category : Class actions (Civil procedure)
Languages : en
Pages : 1222
Book Description
The Law of Debtors and Creditors
Author: Elizabeth Warren
Publisher: Little Brown GBR
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 936
Book Description
Publisher: Little Brown GBR
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 936
Book Description
Bankrupt in America
Author: Mary Eschelbach Hansen
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022667973X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
In 2005, more than two million Americans—six out of every 1,000 people—filed for bankruptcy. Though personal bankruptcy rates have since stabilized, bankruptcy remains an important tool for the relief of financially distressed households. In Bankrupt in America, Mary and Brad Hansen offer a vital perspective on the history of bankruptcy in America, beginning with the first lasting federal bankruptcy law enacted in 1898. Interweaving careful legal history and rigorous economic analysis, Bankrupt in America is the first work to trace how bankruptcy was transformed from an intermittently used constitutional provision, to an indispensable tool for business, to a central element of the social safety net for ordinary Americans. To do this, the authors track federal bankruptcy law, as well as related state and federal laws, examining the interaction between changes in the laws and changes in how people in each state used the bankruptcy law. In this thorough investigation, Hansen and Hansen reach novel conclusions about the causes and consequences of bankruptcy, adding nuance to the discussion of the relationship between bankruptcy rates and economic performance.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022667973X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
In 2005, more than two million Americans—six out of every 1,000 people—filed for bankruptcy. Though personal bankruptcy rates have since stabilized, bankruptcy remains an important tool for the relief of financially distressed households. In Bankrupt in America, Mary and Brad Hansen offer a vital perspective on the history of bankruptcy in America, beginning with the first lasting federal bankruptcy law enacted in 1898. Interweaving careful legal history and rigorous economic analysis, Bankrupt in America is the first work to trace how bankruptcy was transformed from an intermittently used constitutional provision, to an indispensable tool for business, to a central element of the social safety net for ordinary Americans. To do this, the authors track federal bankruptcy law, as well as related state and federal laws, examining the interaction between changes in the laws and changes in how people in each state used the bankruptcy law. In this thorough investigation, Hansen and Hansen reach novel conclusions about the causes and consequences of bankruptcy, adding nuance to the discussion of the relationship between bankruptcy rates and economic performance.
An Introduction to Bankruptcy Law
Author: Martin A. Frey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
The authors of this publication have taken a practical approach to teaching the intricacies of bankruptcy. To promote reader comprehension, they employ step-by-step explanations and flow charts of each type of filing, supporting case examples, challenging problems to address, and the definition of new terms as they are introduced. To further enhance learning, the roles of the various parties involved in the process are described in detail, particularly the role of the paralegal. From fact gathering and interfacing with clients, to the preparation of various official forms, paralegals will come to understand their role and those of others in handling bankruptcy cases. The most up-to-date official bankruptcy forms with detailed explanations for completing them are contained within the publication, as are debtor and creditor client questionnaires. Book jacket.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
The authors of this publication have taken a practical approach to teaching the intricacies of bankruptcy. To promote reader comprehension, they employ step-by-step explanations and flow charts of each type of filing, supporting case examples, challenging problems to address, and the definition of new terms as they are introduced. To further enhance learning, the roles of the various parties involved in the process are described in detail, particularly the role of the paralegal. From fact gathering and interfacing with clients, to the preparation of various official forms, paralegals will come to understand their role and those of others in handling bankruptcy cases. The most up-to-date official bankruptcy forms with detailed explanations for completing them are contained within the publication, as are debtor and creditor client questionnaires. Book jacket.
Letters for Bankruptcy Lawyers
Author: Marc S. Stern
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781590316009
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
This book is written for every lawyer who practices or advises clients on consumer bankruptcy law.
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781590316009
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
This book is written for every lawyer who practices or advises clients on consumer bankruptcy law.
Surviving Debt
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781602482104
Category : Consumer credit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781602482104
Category : Consumer credit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Problems and Materials on Bankruptcy Law and Practice
Author: Stephen L. Sepinuck
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781634609777
Category : Bankruptcy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Hardbound - New, hardbound print book.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781634609777
Category : Bankruptcy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Hardbound - New, hardbound print book.