The Logic and Limits of Bankruptcy Law,9781587981142

The Logic and Limits of Bankruptcy Law

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ISBN13: 9781587981142
ISBN10: 1587981149
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-10-01
Publisher(s): Lightning Source Inc
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Author Biography

Thomas H. Jackson was born in 1950. He graduated from Williams College in 1972, and earned his law degree from Yale Law School in 1975. He clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Marvin E. Frankel from 1975 to 1976, and for Supreme Court Justice William H. Rehnquist from 1976 to 1977. He was on the Stanford University faculty from 1977 to 1986, and professor of law at Harvard Law School from 1986 to 1988. In 1988 he became the Arnold H. Leon Professor of Law and Dean of Virginia's School of Law, and then became Vice President and Provost of the University of Virginia. Since July 1994 he has been President of the University of Rochester and also holds faculty positions in the University's Department of Political Science and in the Graduate School of Business Administration

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Two Roles of Bankruptcy Law 1(6)
The Role of Bankruptcy Law and Collective Action in Debt Collection
7(13)
Determining Liabilities and the Basic Role of Nonbankruptcy Law
20(48)
Refining Liabilities: The Basic Trustee Avoiding Powers of Section 544
68(21)
Determining the Assets Available for Distribution
89(16)
Executory Contracts in Bankruptcy: The Combination of Assets and Liabilities
105(17)
Prebankruptcy Opt-Out Activity and the Role of Preference Law
122(29)
Running Bankruptcy's Collective Proceeding
151(42)
Timing the Bankruptcy Proceeding: The Problems of Proper Commencement
193(16)
Reconsidering Reorganizations
209(16)
The Fresh-Start Policy in Bankruptcy Law
225(28)
The Scope of Discharge and Exempt Property
253(28)
Index to Bankruptcy Code Sections 281(2)
General Index 283

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