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The Place Of Law And Literature, William H. Page Mar 1986

The Place Of Law And Literature, William H. Page

Vanderbilt Law Review

The modern field of law and literature began in 1907 with the publication of Wigmore's list of novels related to law.' The form of that work is significant because for decades, the field remained largely one of reading lists assembled to broaden the perspectives of practicing lawyers. In literary scholarship, law and literature scarcely could have been called a field; critics discussed the effects of law on the work of various writers, often perceptively but their studies were independent of each other and of legal scholarship. In the past decade, however, law and literature has shed its nonprofessional heritage and …


Bankruptcy Law Of The People's Republic Of China: Principle, Procedure & Practice, Henry R. Zheng Jan 1986

Bankruptcy Law Of The People's Republic Of China: Principle, Procedure & Practice, Henry R. Zheng

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The Enterprise Bankruptcy Law of the People's Republic of China (For Trial Use) (the National Act), promulgated on December 2, 1986, is the first bankruptcy legislation applicable nationwide in the People's Republic of China (PRC or China). At the same time, some regional governments have also enacted regional bankruptcy laws with very limited geographic application. The National Act applies only to state-owned Chinese enterprises, while one regional bankruptcy regulation applies exclusively to foreign investment enterprises." The PRC thus has developed two parallel bankruptcy regimes. The introduction of a bankruptcy system in China represents a significant development in the economic relationship …