Authors: Karen Gross
ISBN-13: 9780300078633, ISBN-10: 0300078633
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: February 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)
As record numbers of bankruptcy cases cause concern that more and more debtors are shirking their responsibilities, Gross offers a new perspective on the problem. In this important book, she provides an accessible introduction to and evaluation of the federal bankruptcy system; places legal issues of bankruptcy in their social context; explores the often conflicting interests of those involved; and suggests an innovative and humanitarian approach to bankruptcy.
Acknowledgments | ||
Introduction | 1 | |
Ch. 1 | How to Think about Bankruptcy | 11 |
Ch. 2 | Understanding the Bankruptcy Code | 25 |
Ch. 3 | Getting Down to Basics | 41 |
Ch. 4 | Empiricism and Bankruptcy | 60 |
Ch. 5 | What Is Transpiring in the Bankruptcy System? | 74 |
Ch. 6 | Rehabilitating Debtors for Their Sake and Our Own | 91 |
Ch. 7 | Finding the Outliers among Us | 104 |
Ch. 8 | Effectuating the Fresh Start Policy | 115 |
Ch. 9 | Thinking about Creditors | 137 |
Ch. 10 | Rethinking Equality of Distribution among Creditors | 158 |
Ch. 11 | Two Thorny Issues Concerning Creditors | 177 |
Ch. 12 | The Interests of Community | 193 |
Ch. 13 | Which Communities Matter within the Bankruptcy System? | 215 |
Ch. 14 | How to Balance | 235 |
Ch. 15 | Conclusions and Recommendations | 244 |
Notes | 251 | |
Glossary | 291 | |
Index | 297 |