Empirical research in bankruptcy has expanded rapidly in the past twenty years. The increase in scholars interested in … remain difficult and plagued with inconsistency. Moreover, some relevant facts pertinent to the bankruptcy system cannot be … bankruptcy; it argues that empirical studies have had an important influence on specific issues in the debates leading to the …

of the Indentured Generation in particularly dire circumstances will look to consumer bankruptcy for relief. But with … very few exceptions, student loan debt cannot be discharged in bankruptcy. This is because the Bankruptcy Code excepts … provided to most debts under the United States Bankruptcy Code (“Code”) is denied for student loan debt. This article proposes …

With record levels of unemployment in Arkansas contributing to rising bankruptcy filings, the increased demand for … bankruptcy representation should incentivize attorneys to consider developing a fundamental working knowledge of bankruptcy law …) individual and joint bankruptcies. The article's scope includes: (1) an overview of bankruptcy; (2) background on debtor …

Section 1129(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code codifies a principle known as the 'absolute priority rule.' The absolute … debtors. In 2005, Congress enacted the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 ('BAPCPA'). BAPCPA … amended chapter 11 by expanding the bankruptcy estate in individual chapter 11 cases to include post-commencement property and …

This paper analyzes the relationship between consumer bankruptcy patterns and banks' soft-information. Using a major … merger exhibit a relative increase in consumer bankruptcy rates following the merger. We analyze different plausible …

for nations, in some European countries consumers live their whole lives in debt as there is no consumer bankruptcy … debate on consumer bankruptcy proceedings ranges between two extremes, i.e. from attaching individual blame for debt to …