Debt's Dominion: A History of Bankruptcy Law in America

by David A. Skeel Jr.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691088101
• ISBN13: 9780691088105
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.3"