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Toward A Reform Of The Six-Year Bar To Discharge In Bankruptcy, David C. Williams

Articles by Maurer Faculty

Since early in this century, the six-year bar to discharge has been a familiar feature of bankruptcy law: a debtor who has once been adjudicated a bankrupt and granted a discharge has traditionally been unable to obtain another discharge for six years afterwards. The continued vitality of the measure, originally applicable to all forms of bankruptcy available, is now uncertain and controversial under the new chapter proceedings. The confusion surrounding the six-year bar suggests the need for a fresh consideration of the purposes of the rule. This Note examines the bar's animating rationale and the status of the bar under …