New LexisNexis Desk Reference by Prof. Kenneth Klee Provides Definitive Analysis of Supreme Court Bankruptcy Jurisprudence From 1898 to the Present
In a time of rising bankruptcy filings, LexisNexis® is pleased to announce a new comprehensive desk reference for lawyers, judges, and scholars examining the Supreme Court’s bankruptcy decisions since 1898. Bankruptcy and the Supreme Court is the product of more than seven years of effort by bankruptcy law expert Professor Kenneth N. Klee, of the University of California, Los Angeles, and was sponsored by the American College of Bankruptcy and the American College of Bankruptcy Foundation.
Anyone with involvement in bankruptcy practice should consult this work to gain deeper appreciation of the development of bankruptcy law and to understand bankruptcy in the wider context of Supreme Court practice and jurisprudence.
The work analyzes the Supreme Court's approach to bankruptcy law from six perspectives:
Chapter 1 looks at the Court as a governmental and political institution.
Chapter 2 considers how the Court resolves conflicts between bankruptcy law and other areas of state and federal law.
Chapter 3 discusses the constitutional aspects of bankruptcy law.
Chapter 4 examines the Court's treatment of the bankruptcy court as a judicial institution.
Chapter 5 offers a detailed analysis of specific bankruptcy doctrines and policies.
Chapter 6 addresses some of the bankruptcy cases over the past 111 years in which the Court has sharply changed the course of bankruptcy law; it also includes cases that are the author's personal favorites.
To view or print a free excerpt from this publication, click here.
For more information about Bankruptcy and the Supreme Court including a detailed table of contents, you can click here.