With individual voluntary arrangements assuming an increasingly dominant position within personal insolvency law over the last 35 years, this timely book presents a concise yet authoritative guide to this formal debt relief mechanism. It analyses the statutory framework and how this has been interpreted and applied by the courts, as well as the policies that guide it. Key Features: Overview of the essential nature of the law and its effect on the debtor, the creditors, and third parties Focus on the law as it currently stands, together with an analysis of how this has changed and developed Review of primary documents, including the proposal and the statement of affairs Examination of the procedures involved, the statutory framework in which those procedures are embedded, and the interpretation of this framework that has been applied by the courts Providing an informed and extensive review of the law, it will be invaluable to insolvency practitioners, lawyers, and judges working with individual voluntary arrangements. Accessible and concise in its analysis, it will also be useful to students and scholars of insolvency law researching voluntary arrangements.

Bankruptcy: Law and Practice presents a comprehensive guide to the law of bankruptcy in England and Wales and how it is applied in practice, focusing on this key area of personal insolvency law in order to provide a full understanding of how these laws operate. Alaric Watson and Stephen Baister provide an up-to-date and in-depth analysis of every aspect of bankruptcy law. In addition, this new work also examines the historical and socio-economic context in which this field of law operates and the policies that govern it, the impact of the death or incapacity of the debtor, the interrelationship between bankruptcy and both matrimonial law and employment law and various cross-border considerations. Key Features: Exploration of the jurisdictional and procedural requirements for initiating bankruptcy proceedings and their immediate effects Insights into the role and powers of the official receiver and the trustee in bankruptcy, and the administration of the estate and the realisation of assets Investigation into the undoing of antecedent transactions Discussion of the processing of creditors' claims and the distribution of dividends and how orders may be reviewed, appealed or annulled Bankruptcy: Law and Practice is essential reading for lawyers, insolvency practitioners, academics and students concerned with issues relating to personal insolvency.

Aurelian and the Third Century provides a re-evaluation, in the light of recent scholarship, of the difficulties facing the Roman empire in the AD 260s and 270s, concentrating upon the reign of the Emperor Aurelian and his part in summoning them. With introduction examining the situation in the mid third century, the book is divided into two parts: * Part 1: deals chronologically with the military and political events of the period from 268 to 276 * Part 2: analyzes the other achievements and events of Aurelian's reign and assesses their importance. A key supplement to the study of the Roman Empire.

Aurelian and the Third Century provides a re-evaluation in the light of recent scholarship of the difficulties facing the Roman empire in the AD 260s and 270s. It concentrates on the reign of the emperor Aurelian and his part in surmounting those problems including:
* the mint revolt
* the triumph over Zenobia and Tetricus
* the building of the Aurelian walls.
Aurelian and the Third Century deals chronologically with the military and political events of the period from 268 to 276. It also analyses the other achievements and events of Aurelian's reign and assesses their importance.

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