Download or read book Debtors and Creditors in America written by Peter J. Coleman and published by Beard Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans now depend more heavily upon credit than any other society on Earth, or any other time in history. Borrowing has become a way of life for millions of families, and it is hard to imagine a time when charge accounts did not exist. Nonetheless, it would be a mistake to assume that, because a wallet filled with plastic instead of cash is a relatively new phenomenon, Americans have not been borrowers and lenders since the colonization of the New World. Author Peter J. Coleman proves otherwise. In one Form or another -- notes of hand, book credit, commercial paper, mortgages, land contracts -- settlers borrowed to pay their passage from Europe, to buy and clear land, to build and operate mills, to purchase slaves, and to gamble and drink. Debtors' prison awaited those who could not pay their debts, and a pauper's grave received the unfortunate who lacked the private means to feed and clothe himself in prison. While the debtors' prisons described in this book no longer exist, the author maintains that our credit-oriented society has yet to devise cheap, efficient, equitable, and humane methods of enforcing contracts for debt.
Download or read book The United States as a Creditor of Insolvent Debtors written by Lyon Boston and published by . This book was released on 1947* with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Law of Debtor and Creditor in the United States and Canada written by James Philemon Holcombe and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Republic of Debtors written by Bruce H. Mann and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-15 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debt was an inescapable fact of life in early America. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, its sinfulness was preached by ministers and the right to imprison debtors was unquestioned. By 1800, imprisonment for debt was under attack and insolvency was no longer seen as a moral failure, merely an economic setback. In Republic of Debtors, Bruce H. Mann illuminates this crucial transformation in early American society. From the wealthy merchant to the backwoods farmer, Mann tells the personal stories of men and women struggling to repay their debts and stay ahead of their creditors. He opens a window onto a society undergoing such fundamental changes as the growth of a commercial economy, the emergence of a consumer marketplace, and a revolution for independence. In addressing debt Americans debated complicated questions of commerce and agriculture, nationalism and federalism, dependence and independence, slavery and freedom. And when numerous prominent men—including the richest man in America and a justice of the Supreme Court—found themselves imprisoned for debt or forced to become fugitives from creditors, their fate altered the political dimensions of debtor relief, leading to the highly controversial Bankruptcy Act of 1800. Whether a society forgives its debtors is not just a question of law or economics; it goes to the heart of what a society values. In chronicling attitudes toward debt and bankruptcy in early America, Mann explores the very character of American society.
Download or read book Bankruptcy in United States History written by Charles Warren and published by Beard Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bankruptcy Laws of the United States written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bankrupt in America written by Mary Eschelbach Hansen and published by Markets and Governments in Economic History. This book was released on 2020 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Bankrupt in America, Mary and Brad Hansen show that examination of how Americans have used bankruptcy law and the history of the law itself offers important perspective on the history of bankruptcy in America. Using new statistical and documentary evidence, they illustrate the cycles of interaction between bankruptcy law's use and its own evolution. The authors first offer a broad overview of the laws at various levels governing the collection of debt and position their research in the literature on bankruptcy. They establish the need for a framework that integrates various lines of thought, and introduce of the methods of their approach, which incorporates new institutional economics and cliometrics, that is, the incorporation of econometric data analysis. They then illustrate the general path to bankruptcy by discussing the series of decisions that creditors and debtors make at every stage and how various formal and informal institutions influence these decisions. The core of the book will comprise a generally chronological narrative from 1898, when the first major federal bankruptcy law was enacted to an end point of 2005. Hansen and Hansen reach novel conclusions about causes and consequences of bankruptcy and raise nuances in the relationship between bankruptcy rates and economic growth. For instance, while higher bankruptcy rates are usually considered a negative, the authors show that higher bankruptcy may actually signal economic growth if it is due to an expansion of credit markets. Further, the authors contribute to our understanding of what drives differences in bankruptcy rates among states by illustrating the influence of the broader legal framework. Ultimately, this work find that long-run growth in personal bankruptcy is the result of growth in credit and that the study of legal governance provides useful viewpoints from which to draw out patterns in bankruptcy"--
Download or read book Examples Explanations for Bankruptcy and Debtor Creditor written by Brian A. Blum and published by Aspen Publishing. This book was released on 2023-02-01 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through its previous seven editions, Examples & Explanations: Bankruptcy and Debtor/Creditor has been popular with students and practitioners for its extraordinarily lucid explanations of complex concepts. In this eighth edition, the coauthors, Brian Blum and Samir Parikh, combine their expertise to enhance the book’s treatment of all salient areas of bankruptcy and debtor-creditor law. Although there are many changes in the eighth edition, it maintains the format and approach of previous editions. The textual discussion of the principles, goals, policies, and legal rules of Bankruptcy and Debtor-Creditor law is clear and accessible. The Examples & Explanations pedagogy gives the reader practice interpreting the Bankruptcy Code and applying the rules and principles to factual situations. This book will help law students master fundamental federal bankruptcy and state debtor-creditor concepts and rules, which will help them succeed in upper-level bankruptcy/debtor-creditor courses; and it will also give them a leg up when they encounter bankruptcy in other areas, such as family law, taxation, real estate, business organizations, secured transactions, torts, and others. New to the 8th Edition: New problems addressing current bankruptcy issues, including mass tort bankruptcies like Purdue Pharma and Boy Scouts of America.? New cases throughout and discussion of recent developments in the law, including unique insights into 363 assets sales, fraudulent transfer law, 524(g), small business bankruptcy under Subchapter V, and dischargeability of student loan debt. New overview sections in each chapter, designed to provide a summary of the Bankruptcy Code sections covered. Rewriting of text to enhance clarity, add hypotheticals, and integrate the discussion of?new topics. Professors and students will benefit from: Examples & Explanations are designed to highlight fundamental issues covered in the textual part of the chapter and to allow students to self-test on topics discussed in the text. The Examples set out a factual scenarios which are resolved in the Explanation, with reference back to the textual material. Topics have been arranged within each chapter to allow students to see the interactions between different Code sections, and to move from basic to more complex topics. Each chapter contains cross references to material in other chapters to enable students to link themes in various chapters and to see how the topics fit together to form a comprehensive system. The text is clearly written to be accessible to students, and covers rules and concepts in the depth and breadth that is likely to be required of students in the bankruptcy/debtor-creditor course. One-of-a-kind flowcharts and diagrams aid in understanding by the visual representation of concepts, processes, and relationships. The extensive glossary at the end of the book gives students a ready explanation of the meaning of the many terms of art that they may encounter in this area, both in the book and in other materials.
Download or read book The Laws of Trade in the United States written by Jacob Bailey Moore and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States written by Harold Remington and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 1316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The United States Bankrupt Law approved March 2 1867 written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bankrupt Law of the United States Passed August 19 1841 With a Commentary Containing written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-08-13 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1841.
Download or read book Orderly and Effective Insolvency Procedures written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1999-08-02 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by IMF's Legal Department, this book outlines the key issues involved in designing and implementing orderly and effective insolvency procedures, which play a critical role in fostering growth and competitiveness and may also assist in the prevention and resolution of financial crises. The book draws on lessons learned from firsthand experience by some of the IMF's 182 member countries. It includes an analysis of the major policy choices that countries need to address when designing an insolvency system, a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of these choices, and a number of specific recommendations.
Download or read book Insolvent Debtors of the United States Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury Transmitting a Report Prepared in Compliance with the Eighth Section of the Act of 2d March 1831 for the Relief of Certain Insolvent Debtors of the United States January 26 1833 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book New Complete General Orders in Bankruptcy and Forms in Proceedings for the Relief of Debtors Under Act of March 3 1933 Adopted by the Supreme Court of the United States to and Including April 17 1933 written by United States. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Compilation of the Insolvent Laws of Maryland written by Maryland and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
