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Bankruptcy Takings, Julia Patterson Forrester Rogers
Bankruptcy Takings, Julia Patterson Forrester Rogers
Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters
The Takings Clause is a vital consideration in determining the treatment of secured creditors in bankruptcy. This Article will explain why the Takings Clause is relevant and why scholars engaged in the debate over secured credit must consider the constitutionality of their proposals in light of the takings issue. In Part I of the Article, I explore the ways in which current bankruptcy law provides protection and gives deference to property rights. I also discuss certain proposals that would reduce the protection given to secured parties. Part II provides an overview of takings law and discusses some of the cases …
Cooperation In International Bankruptcy: A Post-Universalist Approach, Lynn M. Lopucki
Cooperation In International Bankruptcy: A Post-Universalist Approach, Lynn M. Lopucki
UF Law Faculty Publications
This article examines the several competing systems proposed for international cooperation in the bankruptcy cases of multinational companies and concludes that a cooperative form of territoriality would work best. Universalism, the system that currently dominates the scholarship, diplomacy, and jurisprudence of international bankruptcy, holds that the courts of the multinational company's "home country" should have worldwide jurisdiction and apply its own law to the core issues of the case. Universalism is unworkable because it would require that countries permit foreign law and courts to govern wholly domestic relationships and because the of "home countries" of multinational companies are so ephemeral …