Cover

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS, FIGURES AND TABLES

ABBREVIATIONS

FOREWORD

PREFACE

1 Ideas, Interests and Institutions

Part One: 1867–1880

2 Constitutional and Legislative History 1867–1880

3 The Rise and Fall of Bankruptcy Law 1867–1880: The Equitable Distribution of Assets

4 The Repeal of Bankruptcy Law 1867–1880: The Discharge

5 The Role of Institutions 1867–1880

Part Two: 1880–1903

6 Living with Repeal and the Failure of Federal Reform 1880–1903

7 The Constitutional Question and the Impact of Federalism 1880–1903

8 The Bankruptcy Law Debates 1880–1903

Part Three: 1903–1919

9 Reform Achieved: The Bankruptcy Act of 1919

10 Conclusion

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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