In this book, Ronald J. Mann provides detailed case studies of the Supreme Court's closely divided bankruptcy cases, based on the Justices' private papers and a detailed examination of the sources on which the Justices rely. This book will appeal to scholars, students, and practitioners in the fields of bankruptcy and constitutional law.
In this book, Ronald J. Mann provides detailed case studies of the Supreme Court's closely divided bankruptcy cases, based on the Justices' private papers and a detailed examination of the sources on which the Justices rely. This book will appeal to scholars, students, and practitioners in the fields of bankruptcy and constitutional law.
Ronald J. Mann has been a commercial law professor at Columbia University, New York for the last ten years. Previously he has taught at the University of Texas, the University of Michigan, and Washington University, St Louis. He has also argued bankruptcy cases in the Supreme Court while working in the Office of the Solicitor General, and he has clerked for Justice Powell on the United States Supreme Court.
Inhaltsangabe
Part I. Setting the Stage: 1. Literature review 2. Data and methods 3. Congress and the Bankruptcy Code of 1978 4. By the numbers Part II. The Hard Cases Section 1. A Tale of Missed Opportunities: Congress, the Court, and the Bankruptcy Clause: 5. From marathon to wellness: assessing the 'public[ity]' of the bankruptcy power 6. Sovereign immunity and the bankruptcy power: from Hoffman to Katz Section 2. A Study in Interpretive Strategy: The Court, the Solicitor General, and the Code: 7. Bankruptcy versus labor law: Bildisco 8. Bankruptcy versus environmental law: midLantic 9. Bankruptcy versus criminal law: Kelly 10. Setting text against tradition: Ron Pair 11. Bankruptcy and state sovereignty: BFP Part III. Amici and the Court: 12. The Supreme Court, the Solicitor General, and statutory interpretation 13. Learning from amici Part IV. Conclusion: Appendix A. The Supreme Court's bankruptcy cases Appendix B. Available papers of the Justices Appendix C. References to the hard cases Appendix D. Sources of the Court's citations Appendix E. Sources from the Solicitor General and other amici.
Part I. Setting the Stage: 1. Literature review 2. Data and methods 3. Congress and the Bankruptcy Code of 1978 4. By the numbers Part II. The Hard Cases Section 1. A Tale of Missed Opportunities: Congress, the Court, and the Bankruptcy Clause: 5. From marathon to wellness: assessing the 'public[ity]' of the bankruptcy power 6. Sovereign immunity and the bankruptcy power: from Hoffman to Katz Section 2. A Study in Interpretive Strategy: The Court, the Solicitor General, and the Code: 7. Bankruptcy versus labor law: Bildisco 8. Bankruptcy versus environmental law: midLantic 9. Bankruptcy versus criminal law: Kelly 10. Setting text against tradition: Ron Pair 11. Bankruptcy and state sovereignty: BFP Part III. Amici and the Court: 12. The Supreme Court, the Solicitor General, and statutory interpretation 13. Learning from amici Part IV. Conclusion: Appendix A. The Supreme Court's bankruptcy cases Appendix B. Available papers of the Justices Appendix C. References to the hard cases Appendix D. Sources of the Court's citations Appendix E. Sources from the Solicitor General and other amici.
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