New Bankruptcy Law Books

Below is a list of Bankruptcy Law books added to the library's collection in the past 6 months.

Antitrust law : interpretation and implementation / by Charles J. Goetz, Fred S. McChesney, Thomas A. Lambert.

Location: lax
Call #: KF1649.A7 G64 2013
Publisher: Thomson Reuters/Foundation Press,

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Banking secrecy and offshore financial centers : money laundering and offshore banking / Mary Alice Young.

Location: lax
Call #: K5223 .Y68 2013
Publisher: Routledge,

This book brings together the issues surrounding banking secrecy and confiscation of criminal proceeds. The book examines the existing legal agreements at the international, regional and national levels and their interaction in the substantive areas of confiscation, anti-money laundering and banking confidentiality laws. It looks at how these agreements have been applied in offshore financial centres and demonstrates that despite a number of legally binding UN Conventions as well as global anti-money laundering recommendations, the implementation of them is often lukewarm by those Parties who have ratified the Convention and adopted obligations, because of this the confiscation legislation is incompatible with strict banking confidentiality laws. The work draws on the experience of criminologists to offer critical insight into the legislative frameworks designed to deal with banking secrecy and confiscation in offshore financial centres. It goes on to offer suggestions for measures that may be taken by major economies to circumvent the lack of cooperation by offshore financial centres as intolerance towards money laundering grows in light of recent political and economic events. Find out more (catalog link)

Bankruptcy and related law in a nutshell / by David G. Epstein.

Location: lapsc
Call #: KF1501.Z9 E67 2013
Publisher: Thomson/West,

This classic student text, used by tens of thousands of law students for over 40 years has been revised to reflect changes in case law, changes in bankruptcy practices, and changes in bankruptcy casebooks. Today's bankruptcy courses are now much more than just the automatic stay, avoiding powers, and discharge. As bankruptcy classes have become more comprehensive, more students have found this book helpful in comprehending reading assignments, class discussions, and exam questions. Find out more (catalog link)

Commencement of insolvency proceedings / edited by Dennis Faber ... [et al.].

Location: lax
Call #: K1375 .C658 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press,

This first volume in theOxford International and Comparative Insolvency Law Series addresses the types, conditions, participants and effects of insolvency proceedings. It deals with the commencement of insolvency proceedings over business debtors and with their effects on the various players, assets and liabilities concerned. The uniform treatment of topics allows detailed comparisons to be made which helps practitioners seek foreign counsel on specific features of a foreign legal system and for academics the book provides a wealth of previously inaccessible material. All major legal families (including various mixed legal systems) are covered to reflect the needs of the international insolvency community and intergovernmental organizations. This is the only book that offers a thorough comparative analysis of existing domestic insolvency laws in the main economically developed and emerging countries and meets the need for detailed analysis on largely inaccessible materials in English. Find out more (catalog link)

Consumer bankruptcy law and practice / Henry J. Sommer ; John Rao, editor and contributing author ; contributing authors, Susan A. Schneider, Tara Twomey, Geoff Walsh.

Location: lax
Call #: KF1524 .S65 2012
Publisher: National Consumer Law Center,

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Truth in lending / Diane E. Thompson, Elizabeth Renuart ; contributing authors, Carolyn L. Carter ... [et al.].

Location: lax
Call #: KF1040 .T78 2012
Publisher: National Consumer Law Center,

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