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Of Progressive Property And Public Debt, Christopher K. Odinet Jan 2016

Of Progressive Property And Public Debt, Christopher K. Odinet

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Debt is property, and, because of this, property law has a lot to say about how debts are resolved. Indeed, property law is deeply woven into the fabric of the bankruptcy process — a fact that has been woefully neglected by many scholars. The ability to provide debtors with relief and the ability of creditors to demand protections from discharge or diminished payments are both concepts that are intimately tied to property law. However, despite the doctrinal workings of property law in this context, from a theoretical standpoint property law has been underutilized. This is particularly true, as this Article …


Statutory Foreclosures In Arkansas: The Law And Recent Developments, Lynn C. Foster Jan 2013

Statutory Foreclosures In Arkansas: The Law And Recent Developments, Lynn C. Foster

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New Formalism In The Aftermath Of The Housing Crisis, Nestor M. Davidson Jan 2013

New Formalism In The Aftermath Of The Housing Crisis, Nestor M. Davidson

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The housing crisis has left in its wake an ongoing legal crisis. After housing markets began to collapse across the country in 2007, foreclosures and housing-related bankruptcies surged significantly and have barely begun to abate more than six years later. As the legal system has confronted this aftermath, courts have increasingly accepted claims by borrowers that lenders and other entities involved in securitizing mortgages failed to follow requirements related to perfecting and transferring their security interests. These cases – which focus variously on issues such as standing, real party in interest, chains of assignment, the negotiability of mortgage notes, and …


Muddy Property: Generating And Protecting Information Privacy Norms In Bankruptcy, Edward J. Janger Mar 2003

Muddy Property: Generating And Protecting Information Privacy Norms In Bankruptcy, Edward J. Janger

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Nonjudicial Foreclosure Under Deed Of Trust May Be A Fraudulent Transfer Of Bankrupt's Property: Durrett V. Washington National Insurance Co., Franklin G. Snyder Mar 1982

Nonjudicial Foreclosure Under Deed Of Trust May Be A Fraudulent Transfer Of Bankrupt's Property: Durrett V. Washington National Insurance Co., Franklin G. Snyder

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In theory, the substantive rights of secured creditors such as mortgagees are affected much less by bankruptcy proceedings than those of unsecured creditors. In practice, however, bankruptcy proceedings have affected mortgagees. Filing a bankruptcy petition automatically stays pending foreclosures. Trustees in bankruptcy also can set aside foreclosures of certain liens obtained by unsecured creditors and certain mortgages and deeds of trust executed in the year preceding bankruptcy. The decision in Durrett adds yet another weapon to the bankruptcy trustee's arsenal: the power to void nonjudicial foreclosure sales even though the sale is proper and final under state law.