Adversity & justice : a history of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan by Ball, Kevin M., author instant download

Adversity & justice : a history of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan by Ball, Kevin M., author instant download

xiii, 247 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm, Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-237) and index, Introduction -- Bankruptcy in the nineteenth century -- The early days of the Bankruptcy Act, 1898-1919 -- The Bankruptcy Court and the development of the American automobile industry, 1900-1925 -- Paul King and the making of the modern American bankruptcy courts -- The Bankruptcy Court in the 1940s and 1950s -- The 1960s and 1970s: George Brody and the end of the administrative era -- The 1978 Code: Bankruptcy comes of age -- Scandal envelops the Court -- Fallout from the scandal: The August trial -- Chapter 11 and the heyday of business bankruptcy in the Eastern District of Michigan -- Bankruptcy in the Northern Division -- The Court in the consumer bankruptcy era -- The City of Detroit bankruptcy case -- Appendix 1: Referees and judges of the Court -- Appendix 2: Places of Court