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Bankruptcy Law In European Countries Emerging From Communism: The Special Legal And Economic Challenges, Samuel Bufford
Bankruptcy Law In European Countries Emerging From Communism: The Special Legal And Economic Challenges, Samuel Bufford
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Bankruptcy law is developing rapidly in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) that have recently escaped the domination of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The communist governments fell in those countries that were separate from the USSR in 1989, and those countries that were a part of the USSR gained their independence and acquired new non-communist governments in 1989 (the Baltic states) and 1991 (Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, and Russia). While many other areas of law that are basic to the development of a market economy need substantial development or revision, bankruptcy law is leading the way, …