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The Law of Debtors and Creditors: Text, Cases, and Problems, Sixth Edition » (6th Edition)
Authors: Elizabeth Warren, Jay Lawrence Westbrook
ISBN-13: 9780735576261, ISBN-10: 0735576262
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Date Published: November 2008
Edition: 6th Edition
Author Biography: Elizabeth Warren
Book Synopsis
The lively style, excellent problems, and balanced coverage of The Law of Debtors and Creditors: Text, Cases, and Problems have made this text one of the leading bankruptcy law casebooks. Honed through six editions, it continues to provide students
Table of Contents
| Preface | xxiii | |
| Acknowledgments | xxvii | |
| Special Notice | xxxi | |
| Part I | Individual Debt Collection | 1 |
| Chapter 1 | Collection Without Courts | 3 |
| A | Nonjudicial Collection Methods | 3 |
| B | Restrictions on Nonjudicial Collection | 14 |
| Chapter 2 | State Law Debt Collection | 33 |
| A | Collection Remedies | 33 |
| B | Fraudulent Conveyances and Shielding Debtor Assets | 79 |
| C | State Collective Remedies | 99 |
| Part II | Consumer Bankruptcy | 105 |
| Chapter 3 | Introduction to Bankruptcy | 107 |
| A | Development of the Current Statute | 107 |
| B | Bankruptcy Court Organization | 112 |
| C | Structure of the Bankruptcy Code | 114 |
| D | Consumer versus Business Bankruptcy | 115 |
| Chapter 4 | Elements Common to Consumer Bankruptcies | 119 |
| A | Background | 119 |
| B | Outline | 121 |
| C | Getting Started | 122 |
| D | The Estate | 123 |
| E | The Automatic Stay | 137 |
| Chapter 5 | Liquidation Bankruptcy | 149 |
| A | Introduction | 149 |
| B | Eligibility | 150 |
| C | Property Exempt from Seizure | 169 |
| D | Homesteads, Trusts, and Exemption Planning | 196 |
| E | Claims and Distributions | 218 |
| F | Discharge | 229 |
| G | The Debtor's Post-Bankruptcy Position: Reaffirmation | 254 |
| Chapter 6 | Chapter 13 Bankruptcy | 281 |
| A | Elements of an Acceptable Plan | 281 |
| B | Threshold Eligibility for Chapter 13 | 328 |
| C | Chapter 12 for Family Farmers and Fishermen | 338 |
| D | The Consumer Bankruptcy System | 339 |
| Part III | Business Bankruptcy | 367 |
| Chapter 7 | Chapter 7 Liquidation | 369 |
| A | Introduction | 369 |
| B | Business Liquidations | 371 |
| C | Initiation | 374 |
| D | Involuntary Bankruptcy | 375 |
| Chapter 8 | Chapter 11 Reorganization | 395 |
| A | Introduction to Business Reorganizations | 395 |
| B | The Automatic Stay and Adequate Protection | 414 |
| C | Operating in Chapter 11 | 437 |
| D | Reshaping the Estate | 478 |
| E | Negotiating and Confirming the Plan | 592 |
| F | Ethical Issues | 761 |
| Part IV | The Functions and Boundaries of Bankruptcy Law | 791 |
| Chapter 9 | Domestic Jurisdiction | 793 |
| A | The 1978 Code | 793 |
| B | The 1984 Amendments | 796 |
| Chapter 10 | Transnational Bankruptcies | 835 |
| A | Introduction | 835 |
| B | Choice of Forum | 836 |
| C | Cooperating with the Home Country Court | 847 |
| D | International law Reform | 860 |
| E | Choice of Law | 861 |
| Chapter 11 | The Functions of Bankruptcy Law | 873 |
| A | Introduction | 873 |
| B | Exclusions from Bankruptcy | 874 |
| C | Alternative Approaches to Bankruptcy | 877 |
| Table of Cases | 893 | |
| Table of Statutes | 901 | |
| Index | 921 |
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