Can I read Debt's Dominion : A History of Bankruptcy Law in America on EtoBox?

Debt's Dominion : A History of Bankruptcy Law in America by David A. Skeel, Jr is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Debt's Dominion : A History of Bankruptcy Law in America about?

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 199

Author

David A. Skeel, Jr

Publisher

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780691088105

Subjects

Business, Law, History