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

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A brilliant and comprehensive book... Told with a sound understanding of theory and law, and an eye for detail, Skeel's book is an instant classic--a comprehensive and intriguing history of bankruptcy law in America... [It] will serve as the definitive work on the history of bankruptcy law for bankruptcy experts as well as a comprehensive guide on the development of the modern American bankruptcy system for the interested generalist. -- Todd J. Zywicki Michigan Law Review For anyone with a keen interest in following the unfolding of the Enron case (as well as the liquidations of scores of other corporations, large and small, that have gone bust in the past two or so years), perusing Debt's Dominion would be educational... An informative, useful history. -- Shawn Zeller National Journal Those interested in bankruptcy law will now turn first to Debt's Dominion. David Skeel has produced an excellent history of bankruptcy law. While many question about the history of bankruptcy remain to be answered, the starting point for answering those questions has changed. -- Bradley A. Hansen EH.Net David A. Skeel's surprisingly readable rummage through the philosophical, political and policy considerations that continue to swirl around bankruptcy ... is an expertly guided tour... First it offers a rare and insightful examination of how policy and politics interact in bankruptcy legislation; second, it provides an extraordinary look at the rise, fall, rise, fall ... of the bankruptcy bar, and the immense role it came to play in policy. -- John Caher New York Law Journal David Skeel has written a new definitive source on the history of bankruptcy law in the United States. His work is a detailed and complete history of federal bankruptcy legislation and of the political debates and maneuvering that shaped those laws. -- Lynne Pierson Doti Enterprise & Society Anyone seeking to understand both the evolving shape of bankruptcy law in America and its impacts on American legal, social, and economic trends would find Skeel's book a very useful starting place. Accessibly written and yet full of highly technical information, Debt's Dominion is one of the best books on bankruptcy currently available. -- Charles L. Zelden Journal of American History David Skeel's work provides us with a valuable one-volume overview of the progression of American consumer and corporate bankruptcy law over the last century. -- Thomas G. W. Telfer Law and Politics Book Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review
A brilliant and comprehensive book. . . . Told with a sound understanding of theory and law, and an eye for detail, Skeel's book is an instant classic--a comprehensive and intriguing history of bankruptcy law in America. . . . [It] will serve as the definitive work on the history of bankruptcy law for bankruptcy experts as well as a comprehensive guide on the development of the modern American bankruptcy system for the interested generalist.
(Todd J. Zywicki Michigan Law Review )

For anyone with a keen interest in following the unfolding of the Enron case (as well as the liquidations of scores of other corporations, large and small, that have gone bust in the past two or so years), perusing Debt's Dominion would be educational. . . . An informative, useful history.
(Shawn Zeller National Journal )

Those interested in bankruptcy law will now turn first to Debt's Dominion. David Skeel has produced an excellent history of bankruptcy law. While many question about the history of bankruptcy remain to be answered, the starting point for answering those questions has changed.
(Bradley A. Hansen EH.Net )

David A. Skeel's surprisingly readable rummage through the philosophical, political and policy considerations that continue to swirl around bankruptcy . . . is an expertly guided tour. . . . First it offers a rare and insightful examination of how policy and politics interact in bankruptcy legislation; second, it provides an extraordinary look at the rise, fall, rise, fall . . . of the bankruptcy bar, and the immense role it came to play in policy.
(John Caher New York Law Journal )

David Skeel has written a new definitive source on the history of bankruptcy law in the United States. His work is a detailed and complete history of federal bankruptcy legislation and of the political debates and maneuvering that shaped those laws.
(Lynne Pierson Doti Enterprise & Society )

Anyone seeking to understand both the evolving shape of bankruptcy law in America and its impacts on American legal, social, and economic trends would find Skeel's book a very useful starting place. Accessibly written and yet full of highly technical information, Debt's Dominion is one of the best books on bankruptcy currently available.
(Charles L. Zelden Journal of American History )

David Skeel's work provides us with a valuable one-volume overview of the progression of American consumer and corporate bankruptcy law over the last century.
(Thomas G. W. Telfer Law and Politics Book Review )

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CONGRESS'S AUTHORITY to regulate bankruptcy derives quite explicitly from the Constitution, which states in Article I, section 8 that Congress may pass "uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies." Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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