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Bankruptcy and the U.S. Supreme Court
Ronald J. Mann
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Description for Bankruptcy and the U.S. Supreme Court
paperback. This book provides a comprehensive study of the Supreme Court's bankruptcy cases, illustrating and explaining the structural reasons for the Court's narrow bankruptcy perspective. Num Pages: 250 pages, 8 b/w illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
In this illuminating work, Ronald J. Mann offers readers a comprehensive study of bankruptcy cases in the Supreme Court of the United States. He provides detailed case studies based on the Justices' private papers on the most closely divided cases, statistical analysis of variation among the Justices in their votes for and against effective bankruptcy relief, and new information about the appearance in opinions of citations taken from party and amici briefs. By focusing on cases that have neither a clear answer under the statute nor important policy constraints, the book unveils the decision-making process of the Justices themselves - ... Read more
In this illuminating work, Ronald J. Mann offers readers a comprehensive study of bankruptcy cases in the Supreme Court of the United States. He provides detailed case studies based on the Justices' private papers on the most closely divided cases, statistical analysis of variation among the Justices in their votes for and against effective bankruptcy relief, and new information about the appearance in opinions of citations taken from party and amici briefs. By focusing on cases that have neither a clear answer under the statute nor important policy constraints, the book unveils the decision-making process of the Justices themselves - ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
286
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781316613238
SKU
V9781316613238
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99-26
About Ronald J. Mann
Ronald J. Mann has been a commercial law professor at Columbia University, New York for the last ten years. Previously he has taught at the University of Texas, the University of Michigan, and Washington University, St Louis. He has also argued bankruptcy cases in the Supreme Court while working in the Office of the Solicitor General, and he has clerked ... Read more
Reviews for Bankruptcy and the U.S. Supreme Court
'Both bankruptcy specialists and scholars of the Supreme Court will find this book fascinating. Mann's analysis of the way that generalist judges understand bankruptcy issues provides priceless insights to specialists. He also shows how the Court's decisions on apolitical issues often 'rest on various types of information not immediately apparent even to a trained observer.' Jay L. Westbrook, Benno C. ... Read more