The law of debtors and creditors : text, cases, and problems /

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Author / Creator:Warren, Elizabeth
Imprint:Boston : Little, Brown, c1986.
Description:xxix, 759 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/758848
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Other authors / contributors:Westbrook, Jay Lawrence
ISBN:0316923540
Notes:Includes indexes.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Individual Debt Collection
  • 1. Collection Without Courts
  • A. Nonjudicial Collection Methods
  • B. Restrictions on Nonjudicial Collection: Consumer
  • C. Restrictions on Nonjudicial Collection: Business
  • 2. State Law Debt Collection
  • A. Collection Remedies
  • B. Property Exempt from Seizure
  • C. Fraudulent Conveyances and Shielding Debtor Assets
  • D. State Collective Remedies
  • Part II. Consumer Bankruptcy
  • 3. Introduction to Bankruptcy
  • A. Development of the Current Statute
  • B. Bankruptcy Court Organization
  • C. Structure of the Bankruptcy Code
  • D. Consumer versus Business Bankruptcy
  • 4. Elements Common to Consumer Bankruptcies
  • A. Background
  • B. Outline
  • C. The Estate
  • D. The Automatic Stay
  • 5. Liquidation Bankruptcy
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Exemptions
  • C. Claims and Distributions
  • D. Discharge
  • E. The Debtor's Post-Bankruptcy Position: Reaffirmation
  • 6. Chapter 13: Bankruptcy
  • A. Elements of an Acceptable Plan
  • B. Threshold Eligibility for Chapter 13
  • C. Chapter 12: for Family Farmers
  • D. The Consumer Bankruptcy
  • Part III. Business Bankruptcy
  • 7. Liquidation
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Business Liquidations
  • C. Initiation
  • D. Involuntary Bankruptcy
  • 8. Chapter 11: Reorganization
  • A. Introduction to Business Reorganizations: Negotiating the 11, Threatening the 7
  • B. The Automatic Stay and Adequate Protection
  • C. Operating in Chapter 11
  • D. Reshaping the Estate
  • E. Negotiating and Confirming the Plan
  • F. Ethical Issues
  • Part IV. Jurisdiction
  • 9. Domestic Jurisdiction
  • A. The 1978 Amendments
  • B. The 1994 Amendments
  • C. Initiation
  • D. Involuntary Bankruptcy
  • 10. Transnational Bankruptcies
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Choice of Forum
  • C. Cooperating with the Home Country Court
  • D. International Law Reform
  • E. Choice of Law
  • 11. The Functions of Bankruptcy Law
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Exclusions from Bankruptcy
  • C. Alternative Approaches to Bankruptcy