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The Law of Debtors and Creditors: Text, Cases, and Problems
by Warren, Westbrook

Edition/Year: 6th ed., 2009
ISBN: 9780735576261
Format: Hardcover-New
SKU: 93200
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Always the most teachable of Bankruptcy casebooks, now the most current as well, The Law of Debtors and Creditors: Text, Cases, and Problems, is the perfect vehicle for a practical, realistic, and up-to-date course.

Proven effective through years of classroom use, The Law of Debtors and Creditors: Text, Cases, and Problems offers:

45 teachable problem sets, containing realistic questions a lawyer considers in confronting the statutory provisions for a bankruptcy case;
Explanatory text, for stronger student comprehension and more effective teaching;
A functional organization that parallels the way a bankruptcy case unfolds;
An overarching "mega-problem" (involving a debtor and his closely held corporation) running throughout the book, to put facts in context and to illustrate how doctrine is applied to find solutions for a client;
Separate, distinct coverage of consumer and business bankruptcy, tackling the more familiar consumer issues first;
Impeccable scholarship from its nationally recognized authors;
The latest developments on "asset protection" through self-settled trusts and off-shore asset havens;
More coverage of business liquidation materials;
Coverage of a host of new environmental and post-confirmation issues in Chapter 11, including the wonderland of litigation trusts;
A new international section reflecting recent developments in this rapidly growing field;
New materials on theories of bankruptcy and to accompany the new edition.

Table of Contents includes:
Individual Debt Collection;
State Law Debt Collection;
Introduction to Bankruptcy;
Elements Common to Consumer Bankruptcies;
Liquidation Bankruptcy;
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy;
Liquidation;
Chapter 11 Reorganization;
Domestic Jurisdiction;
Transnational Bankruptcies;
The Functions of Bankruptcy Law.