Rescuing Business - The Making of Corporate Bankruptcy Law in England and the United States (Hardcover)

Corporate bankruptcy is a defining characteristic of the market economy. It encapsulates the fundamental conflict between capital and labour. Yet, with one or two notable exceptions, the political and social dynamics of bankruptcy law and practice have been largely overlooked by socio-legal scholars. This book remedies that neglect. It compares English and American insolvency laws to identify the underlying political forces that established corporate bankruptcy law on both sides of the Atlantic. It shows how corporate insovency regulation is the creation of the lawyers who interpret and administer it. This book will be welcomed as an important sociological study and advances our understanding of how substantive law results from conflicts among the professionals who help to create it.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 1998
First published:	July 1998
Authors:	Bruce G. Carruthers (Associate Professor, Department of Sociology) • Terence C. Halliday (Senior Research Fellow)
Dimensions:	224 x 146 x 37mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	598
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-826472-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > General Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Financial, taxation, commercial, industrial law > Company law Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Financial, taxation, commercial, industrial law > Financial law > Bankruptcy & insolvency law
LSN:	0-19-826472-0
Barcode:	9780198264729

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