In the United States, relations between debtors and their creditors are governed by two distinct legal regimes. For the overwhelming majority of credit relationships, state law of contract, property, tort, and consumer protection set up the framework within which the debtor-creditor relationship is established, functions, and in the end, is dissolved. In a smaller but significant number of these relationships, a different forum orchestrates the end of these relationships, namely, federal bankruptcy court. These two distinct forums for debtor-creditor relations coexist side by side, with some disputes moving over time from one forum to the other. As with any system where dual regimes for dispute resolution exist, parties seeking resolution o...
In both the United States and Canada, a rapid increase in personal bankruptcies has led to demands f...
textabstractThe introduction of American ideas of consumer bankruptcy in European continental civil ...
This article is the first in a series of articles discussing the problem of conflicts of interest in...
In the United States, relations between debtors and their creditors are governed by two distinct leg...
In 1978, changes to the venue rules for bankruptcy cases created surprisingly permissive venue selec...
This Article proposes reforms to bankruptcy law’s venue rules. These reforms would expand venue choi...
This is an essay about the unwarranted erosion of two basic bankruptcy principles:the cleavage effec...
Stern v. Marshall is arguably the biggest decision to affect the bankruptcy courts in almost thirty ...
Over the past 30 years, the majority of large firms that filed for bankruptcy did so in the US bankr...
Across the criminal and civil justice systems, research regarding procedural justice shows that peop...
For almost two decades, an embarrassing pattern of forum shopping has been developing in the highly ...
An empirical study of the bankruptcy reorganization of the forty-three largest, publicly held compan...
The tension between the public and private law regimes is particularly problematic in the bankruptcy...
We study a demand and supply model of judicial discretion in corporate bankruptcy. On the supply sid...
The economic crisis has fuelled the debate on regulated state insolvencies. And while debt relief is...
In both the United States and Canada, a rapid increase in personal bankruptcies has led to demands f...
textabstractThe introduction of American ideas of consumer bankruptcy in European continental civil ...
This article is the first in a series of articles discussing the problem of conflicts of interest in...
In the United States, relations between debtors and their creditors are governed by two distinct leg...
In 1978, changes to the venue rules for bankruptcy cases created surprisingly permissive venue selec...
This Article proposes reforms to bankruptcy law’s venue rules. These reforms would expand venue choi...
This is an essay about the unwarranted erosion of two basic bankruptcy principles:the cleavage effec...
Stern v. Marshall is arguably the biggest decision to affect the bankruptcy courts in almost thirty ...
Over the past 30 years, the majority of large firms that filed for bankruptcy did so in the US bankr...
Across the criminal and civil justice systems, research regarding procedural justice shows that peop...
For almost two decades, an embarrassing pattern of forum shopping has been developing in the highly ...
An empirical study of the bankruptcy reorganization of the forty-three largest, publicly held compan...
The tension between the public and private law regimes is particularly problematic in the bankruptcy...
We study a demand and supply model of judicial discretion in corporate bankruptcy. On the supply sid...
The economic crisis has fuelled the debate on regulated state insolvencies. And while debt relief is...
In both the United States and Canada, a rapid increase in personal bankruptcies has led to demands f...
textabstractThe introduction of American ideas of consumer bankruptcy in European continental civil ...
This article is the first in a series of articles discussing the problem of conflicts of interest in...