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The Constitutional Problem Of Nondebtor Releases In Bankruptcy, Adam J. Levitin

Fordham Law Review

In recent years, nondebtor releases have become a common feature of big-case Chapter 11 bankruptcy practice. Nondebtor releases involve the release of creditor claims against third-party nondebtors pursuant to a bankruptcy plan confirmation order. Some nondebtor releases are consensual, meaning that they are done with the assent of the releasing creditor, but some are not.

This Essay argues that all nonconsensual nondebtor releases in bankruptcy are unconstitutional. The constitutional infirmities of nondebtor releases are layered: all non debtor releases—consensual or nonconsensual—are outside the scope of Congress’s authority under an original understanding of the Bankruptcy Clause; all nonconsensual nondebtor releases are …

Unsticking American Tort Theory, Benjamin Sundholm

University of Cincinnati Law Review

In the United States, the debate over the foundations of tort law is at an impasse. On one side of the dispute, economic theorists contend that tort law is primarily concerned with the forward-looking aim of maximizing societal wealth. The most prominent critics of this view claim that an economic analysis of tort law cannot explain the field’s backward-looking concern with achieving corrective justice by remedying wrongs. Despite the strength of this critique, economic theorists have a legitimate response available to them: corrective justice describes the reparative aspect of tort law, but it stops short of providing a justificatory account …

Collaborative Constructions: Designing High School History Curriculum With The Lost & Found Game Series, Owen Gottlieb, Shawn Clybor

Articles

This chapter addresses design research and iterative curriculum design for the Lost & Found games series. The Lost & Found card-to-mobile series is set in Fustat (Old Cairo) in the twelfth century and focuses on religious laws of the period. The first two games focus on Moses Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah, a key Jewish law code. A new expansion module which was in development at the time of the fieldwork described in this article that introduces Islamic laws of the period, and a mobile prototype of the initial strategy game has been developed with support National Endowment for the Humanities. The …

Efektivitas Alat Bukti Dalam Pembuktian Suatu Perjanjian Lisan, Aaron Pietter

Lex Patrimonium

Verbal agreement is something that cannot be separated in our daily life. It is confirmed that in every moment we always make a verbal agreement consciously or unconsciously. Within the scope of the court, verbal agreement is also used by the parties to prove their arguments so they can earn their rights and fullfill the other party obligations. Compared to the other type of evidence, verbal agreement have its own power and effectiveness level when being used as a legitive evidence before the court. To observe about the application and effectiveness of a verbal agreement as a legitive evidence before …

Perlindungan Hukum Bagi Kreditur Dalam Eksekusi Perjanjian Kredit Dengan Jaminan Hak Tanggungan, Muhammad Affandi

Lex Patrimonium

One of the guarantees in the credit agreement is a mortgage guarantee, where in the mortgage guarantee agreement, the assets guaranteed by the debtor to be used as collateral are land rights which can be in the form of buildings, plants, and works that already exist or will exist which are one unit with the land, and which belongs to the holder of the land rights whose burden is expressly stated in the Deed of Granting Mortgage concerned. From this study, the author aims to examine how legal protection for creditors in the execution of credit agreements with collateral rights …

Perlindungan Hukum Kreditur Terhadap Peralihan Jaminan Hak Tanggungan Dalam Jual Beli Piutang Melalui Cessie (Studi Kasus: Putusan Pengadilan Negeri Nomor 79/Pdt.G/2019 Pn Tab Dan Putusan Peninjauan Kembali Nomor 754 Pk/Pdt/2011), Vanessa Maurizkha

Lex Patrimonium

Banks act as creditors for selling receivables through a cessie to credit. Problems that arise after the transfer of receivables are identical to the relevance of the validity of the cessie to the mortgage guarantee transfer stipulated in the main agreement. There are differences in the legal concequences in each conditions. The problems discussed in this research are the mechanism through a cessie in conventional banks according to Indonesian law, the development of the regulation on registration of transfer of mortgage, and the legal consequences of the act (cessie) on objects of mortgage guarantee based on the District Court Decision …

Tinjauan Yuridis Pengesahan Anak Luar Kawin Yang Dicatatkan Setelah Ayah Dari Anak Meninggal Dunia (Studi Kasus: Penetapan Pengadilan Negeri Jakarta Pusat Nomor: 36/Pdt.P/2020/Pn.Jkt.Pst.), Devina Delfian

Lex Patrimonium

The birth of a child from an unregistered polygamous marriage according to the prevailing laws is a juridical phenomenon that cannot be denied. As the part of legal events, unregistered polygamous marriages can bring further legal consequences to children born out of wedlock, which in law children born out of wedlock have a lower position than children born from legal marriages. Because of these differences, the law provides a solution for children born out of wedlock to have the same legal status as children born from legal marriages, namely through child legalization. This research will be continued by focusing on …

Perlawanan Pihak Ketiga Sebagai Pemilik Benda Terhadap Benda Yang Dijadikan Jaminan Fidusia Tanpa Persetujuan Pemilik Benda (Studi Kasus: Putusan Mahkamah Agung 1012 K/Pdt/2021), Aditya Nabilah Lubis

Lex Patrimonium

Property rights that have been specifically and comprehensively regulated in the Civil Code in Indonesia give the impression that the principle of property rights has been perfectly regulated, but in practice there are still gaps in the owner's rights to objects that are guaranteed not being protected properly. This thesis will discuss the problems caused by objects that are used as fiduciary guarantees in a credit agreement without the knowledge of the owner of the object (by committing fraud) as well as legal protection that can be given to the owner of the object and creditors who receive fiduciary guarantees …

Analisis Terhadap Kesepakatan Lisan Untuk Menjalankan Waralaba Sesuai Dengan Perjanjian Waralaba Yang Telah Berakhir (Studi Kasus Putusan Nomor 52/Pdt.G/2019 Jo. Putusan Nomor 396/Pdt/2021/Pt Dki, Fahira Zahara Ghassani

Lex Patrimonium

Franchising is a business system that makes it easy for entrepreneurs to expand their marketing. Therefore, before running a franchise business, the parties must make a franchise agreement that aims to protect the interests of the parties properly. A franchise agreement made in written form can be the basis or evidence if one of the parties defaults. However, there are still franchise businesses that make agreements in the form of unwritten or verbal actors, even though PP 42/2007 and Permendag 71/2019 require written agreements. This is what becomes between the franchisor and the franchisees involved in the franchise business as …

"Pemanfaatan Barang Milik Daerah Kabupaten Penajam Paser Utara (Studi Kasus Penyerahan Pengelolaan Sisi Darat Pelabuhan Buluminung)", Melindya Santoso Putri

Lex Patrimonium

The Regent as the Regional Head in the North Penajam Paser Regency should carry out Regional Property Management (BMD). With the existence of five forms of utilization in the form of rental, borrowing, utilization cooperation, building to handover or building handover, and cooperation in providing infrastructure based on PP 27/2014, PP 28/2020, Permendagri 19/2016, Pemda Penajam Paser North 11/2018. A port is a place consisting of land and or waters with certain boundaries as a place for government and company activities. There is a legal problem, namely in the transition of the Management of the Land Side of the Buluminung …

Perbandingan Hukum Pemutusan Surat Kuasa Secara Sepihak Antara Indonesia Dan Belanda Sebagai Bentuk Wanprestasi (Studi Putusan Nomor 704/Pdt.G2017/Pn.Mdn), Karsten Maruli Rogate Hutauruk

Lex Patrimonium

The power of attorney agreement is commonly found in dealing with a legal problem that carried out by the community, both in Indonesia and the Netherlands. In Indonesia the Power of Attorney Agreement, is regulated in Articles 1823 and 1814 of the Book of Civil Law which states that the Principal could revoke power of attorney at any time, but turns out that in practice there is Power of Attorney that can not be revoked called Irrevocable Power of Attorney. Regulated in the Instruction of the Internal Affairs Minister No. 14/1982 and Government Regulation No. 24 of 1997 that regulate …

Analisis Pencantuman Klausul Kompensasi Dalam Perjanjian Perkawinan Sebagai Implementasi Asas Kebebasan Berkontrak, Dinda Ramadhani

Lex Patrimonium

Marriage agreement is commonly recognized by the society nowadays. Article 29 Subsection (2) of Indonesian Marriage Act only regulate a limitation that the content of marriage agreement can not violate the law, religion, and ethics. There are different kind of opinions regarding whether marriage agreement can only regulate regarding matrimonial assets in accordance with Indonesian civil code or it can regulate in every aspect as long as it does not cross the limitation set by Article 29 Subsection (2). This research analyses about the inclusion of compensation clause in marriage agreement as an implementation of freedom of contract principle. Method …

Pewarisan Akun Digital, Nicolas Mario Gunawan

Lex Patrimonium

The rise of digital growth in this era of globalization has shown the need for adjustments in existing law in society, in relation to problems that may arise from said digital growth. One growth that can be said to have happened rampantly can be seen in the law of property, which has to face a lot of new additions that came due to digital growth, for example in bitcoins, MP3 Files, among many other things. Within said property, there is an item that are of interests due to the uniqueness of it, which is an account. Such uniqueness comes from …

Analisis Perbandingan Hukum Mengenai Tunjangan Pasca Perceraian Di Indonesia, Richard Daniel

Lex Patrimonium

Divorce, one of the many causes of the end of a marital relationship, brings an impact towards the parties bound in the marital relationship, specifically in the economic conditions.Of the many divorce cases present, the wife in the relationship more often experiences economic hardships, due to the fact that their livelihood during the marriage was provided by the husband. Hence, to prevent condition whereas one of the former spouses being burdened because of divorce, it is necesarry to have defined law regarding spousal maintance after divorce. This thesis discusses the law of spousal maintance in Indonesia and compares it with …

Wishing To Be Part Of That Court: How The Supreme Court's Decision In Bp P.L.C. V. Mayor Of Baltimore Lets Energy Companies Wander Free And Drown The Shore Up Above, Natalie Poirier

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.

Perspectives On The Future Of Tort Damages: The Law Should Reflect Reality, Victor E. Schwartz, Christopher E. Appel

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Antitrust Class Actions In The Wake Of Procedural Reform, Christine P. Bartholomew

Indiana Law Journal

What is the current vitality of antitrust enforcement? Antitrust class actions—the primary mode of competition oversight—has weathered two decades of procedural reform. This Article documents the effects of those reforms. Relying on an original dataset of over 1300 antitrust class action settlements, this Article finds such cases alive but far from well. Certain suits do succeed on an impressive scale, returning billions of dollars to victims. But class action reform has made antitrust enforcement narrower, more time-consuming, and costlier than only a decade ago. And, as this Article’s sources reveal, new battle lines are forming. Across the political spectrum, people …

Something Stinks: The Need For Stronger Agricultural Waste Regulations, Audrey Curelop

Washington and Lee Law Review

In the twentieth century, the American agricultural industry underwent significant changes—while most food animals were once raised on small family farms, now, over fifty percent are produced entirely inside concentrated animal feeding operations. These large‑scale farming operations house hundreds to thousands of cows, swine, or chickens, which collectively produce hundreds of millions of tons of waste per year. The primary method of waste disposal is land application, a process in which waste is sprayed or spread onto land with no required pretreatment. After land application, waste byproducts make their way into the surrounding air and waterways, posing significant threats to …

Public Acceptance Of Medical Screening Recommendations, Safety Risks, And Implied Liabilities Requirements For Space Flight Participation, Cory J. Trunkhill

Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses

The space tourism industry is preparing to send space flight participants on orbital and suborbital flights. Space flight participants are not professional astronauts and are not subject to the rules and guidelines covering space flight crewmembers. This research addresses public acceptance of current Federal Aviation Administration guidance and regulations as designated for civil participation in human space flight.

The research utilized an ordinal linear regression analysis of survey data to explore the public acceptance of the current medical screening recommended guidance and the regulations for safety risk and implied liability for space flight participation. Independent variables constituted participant demographic representations …

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Defending Commercial Reasonableness In Insurance Law's Duty To Make Reasonable Settlement Decisions, Sarah Gimbel

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.