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Living Wills And Pre-Commitment, Adam Feibelman
Living Wills And Pre-Commitment, Adam Feibelman
American University Business Law Review
No abstract provided.
Financial Crisis Containment, Anna Gelpern
Financial Crisis Containment, Anna Gelpern
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
This Article maps financial crisis containment - extraordinary measures to stop the spread of financial distress - as a category of legal and policy choice. I make three claims.
First, containment is distinct from financial regulation, crisis prevention and resolution. Containment is brief; it targets the immediate term. It involves claims of emergency, rule-breaking, time inconsistency and moral hazard. In contrast, regulation, prevention and resolution seek to establish sound incentives for the long term. Second, containment decisions deviate from non-crisis norms in predictable ways, and are consistent across diverse countries and crises. Containment invariably entails three kinds of choices: choices …
Preemption, Agency Cost Theory, And Predatory Lending By Banking Agents: Are Federal Regulators Biting Off More Than They Can Chew , Christopher L. Peterson
Preemption, Agency Cost Theory, And Predatory Lending By Banking Agents: Are Federal Regulators Biting Off More Than They Can Chew , Christopher L. Peterson
American University Law Review
A pitched battle is currently being waged for control of the American banking industry. For over a hundred years, the federal and state governments have maintained a complex, but relatively stable truce in their contest for power. At the beginning of our republic, state governments were the primary charterers and regulators of banks. In the wake of the Civil War, the National Bank Act created parity between federal and state banks, cementing the notion of a dual banking system that endured through the twentieth century. But in the past five years, the federal government has increasingly used its powers under …
A Few Lines, David G. Epstein
Testing The Limits Of Statutory Construction Doctrines: Deconstructing The 2005 Bankruptcy Act, John Rao
Testing The Limits Of Statutory Construction Doctrines: Deconstructing The 2005 Bankruptcy Act, John Rao
American University Law Review
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Collecting Debts From The Ill And Injured: The Rhetorical Significance, But Practical Irrelevance, Of Culpability And Ability To Pay, Melissa B. Jacoby
Collecting Debts From The Ill And Injured: The Rhetorical Significance, But Practical Irrelevance, Of Culpability And Ability To Pay, Melissa B. Jacoby
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Law-And-Markets Movement , Michael Abramowicz
The Law-And-Markets Movement , Michael Abramowicz
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Bankruptcy In Russia: The Evolution Of A Comprehensive Russian Bankruptcy Code, Paul Williams, Paul Wade
Bankruptcy In Russia: The Evolution Of A Comprehensive Russian Bankruptcy Code, Paul Williams, Paul Wade
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
This article traces the development of the current bankruptcy code, with it origins in the early economic laws of perestroika; explains key provisions of the current law; and comments on the prospects for its effective implementation. The intent of this article is to provide a balanced understanding of the Russian bankruptcy code useful both to the study of the emergence of a market-based economy in Russia and as a bankruptcy primer for individuals or corporations conducting business in Russia.