Adversity and Justice : A History of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan /

Ball explores not only the history of the court from its beginning in the late nineteenth century but also two major courthouse scandals and their significant and long-lasting effects on the court. The first, in 1919, resulted in the removal of a court referee for a series of small infractions. The...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ball, Kevin M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Bankruptcy Court (Michigan : Eastern District)
United States. > Bankruptcy Court (Michigan : Eastern District) > History.
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy > Michigan.
Bankruptcy > United States.
Michigan
United States
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Bankruptcy in the nineteenth century
  • The early days of the Bankruptcy Act, 1898-1919
  • The Bankruptcy Court and the development of the American automobile industry, 1900-1925
  • Paul King and the making of the modern American bankruptcy courts
  • The Bankruptcy Court in the 1940s and 1950s
  • The 1960s and 1970s: George Brody and the end of the administrative era
  • The 1978 Code: Bankruptcy comes of age
  • Scandal envelops the Court
  • Fallout from the scandal: The August trial
  • Chapter 11 and the heyday of business bankruptcy in the Eastern District of Michigan
  • Bankruptcy in the Northern Division
  • The Court in the consumer bankruptcy era
  • The City of Detroit bankruptcy case
  • Appendix 1: Referees and judges of the Court
  • Appendix 2: Places of Court.

Similar Items