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Resisting The Expansion Of Bankruptcy Court Power Under Section 105 Of The Bankruptcy Code: The All Writs Act And An Admonition From Chief Justice Marshall, Daniel Bogart
Daniel B. Bogart
This article is divided into three main parts. In the first part, the article criticizes the expansive use of section 105 of the Bankruptcy Code by bankruptcy courts, and argues that this is an inappropriate extension of bankruptcy court power. It begins with a history of section 105 and argues that the drafter intended section 105 to be of limited scope. The drafter assumed that bankruptcy courts would rely on the All Writs Act, upon which the language of section 105 is based. This part then examines a number of typical scenarios in which courts have over reached in application …
A Legal Theory Of Revolutions, Ali Khan
A Legal Theory Of Revolutions, Ali Khan
Ali Khan
A legal theory of revolutions presents the principle of social approval. In order to determine the legitimacy of a revolution in the legal sense, the principle of social approval focuses upon the critical significance of succession rules. The normative statement that a legislator has the right to make laws presupposes the existence of the rule, in the social group, under which he has this right. This rule is the succession rule. A revolution occurs when a person usurps power in violation of the existing succession rules. The revolution is lawful if new succession rules given by the usurper enjoy social …