Rescuing Business: The Making of Corporate Bankruptcy Law in England and the United States

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Acknowledgements vii
• Contents xi
• Figures xii
• Tables xiii
• Abbreviations xiv
• Introduction 1
• Part 1 Balance of Power in the Corporate Credit Network 13
• 1: Meta-Bargaining Over Property Rights 15
• 2: Professional Innovation and The Recursivity of Law 45
• 3: The Structure of Influence in Bankruptcy Law-Making 63
• Part 2 Reconstituting Property Rights 151
• Introduction 153
• 4: Weakening the Strong 158
• 5: Restraining the State and Utilities 211
• 6: Enabling and Constraining Managers 244
• 7: Employing the Weak 303
• Part 3 Reconstituting Jurisdictional Rights 371
• Introduction 373
• 8: Privatization and Nationalization Of Bankruptcy Administration 378
• 9: Jurisdictional Conflicts in the Market 421
• 10: Jurisdictional Struggles Within the State 456
• Part 4 Conclusion 507
• 11: Professions in the Institutionalization Of Business Rescue 509
• Bibliography 543
• Glossary 563
• Index 569

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