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William & Mary Law School

2004

Bankruptcy

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Bankruptcy And Mortgage Lending: The Homeowner Dilemma, A. Mechele Dickerson Oct 2004

Bankruptcy And Mortgage Lending: The Homeowner Dilemma, A. Mechele Dickerson

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Race Matters In Bankruptcy, A. Mechele Dickerson Oct 2004

Race Matters In Bankruptcy, A. Mechele Dickerson

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No abstract provided.


Non-Procrustean Bankruptcy, Richard M. Hynes Jan 2004

Non-Procrustean Bankruptcy, Richard M. Hynes

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Many advocates of bankruptcy reform bristle at aspects of the bankruptcy system they find distributively "unfair." These scholars point to the instances in which wealthy debtors have been able to retain million-dollar homes and luxury items, examples which at first glance might offend any reasonable sense of decency or fairness. Yet if bankruptcy provides insurance otherwise unavailable because of market failures, then an ideal bankruptcy system would embrace much of this inequality in post-bankruptcy standards of living. The wealthy generally choose private contracts that ensure their high standards of living. Though others envy these benefits, they do not wish to …