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

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2003
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Why has the nation's legal system evolved to allow both corporate and individual debtors greater control over their fate than imaginable elsewhere? Probing the political dynamics behind this question, this book provides an account of the remarkable journey American bankruptcy law has taken from its beginnings in 1800.

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Why has the nation's legal system evolved to allow both corporate and individual debtors greater control over their fate than imaginable elsewhere? Probing the political dynamics behind this question, this book provides an account of the remarkable journey American bankruptcy law has taken from its beginnings in 1800.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 296
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 10 Nov 2003
ISBN 10: 0691116377
ISBN 13: 9780691116372