The ABCs of Debt: A Case Study Approach to Debtor/Creditor Relations and Bankruptcy Law (Aspen College) - Softcover

Parsons, Stephen P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1454873507 ISBN 13: 9781454873501

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2016

Synopsis

Using a hands-on approach, this text bridges the difference between understanding bankruptcy concepts and applying them with confidence. Broad coverage includes bankruptcy law, debt creation, secured transactions, the law of liens, and debt collection. The Fourth Edition of The ABCs of Debt: A Case Study Approach to Debtor/Creditor Relations and Bankruptcy Law has been substantively revised to enable more efficient and focused instruction and to make it easier to cover the material in a single semester. Major new features for this edition include Highlighted Cases followed by Real-Life Application Exercises, Key Concepts that now appear at the beginning of each chapter, and Entertaining Information Box feature.

Major new features for this edition include:

• Highlighted Cases followed by Real-Life Application Exercises
• Key Concepts that now appear at the beginning of each chapter
• Entertaining Information Box feature

Substantive revision to enable more efficient and focused instruction and to make it easier to cover the material in a single
semester:

• Pre-bankruptcy chapters streamlined with some material moved to the To Learn More feature located on
• the companion website for optional use by the instructor
• Shifted emphasis to highlight the important consumer/business bankruptcy distinction

Forms for the three bankruptcy case studies comply with the important December 2015 amendments and dollar amounts for

Bankruptcy Code provisions subject to the triennial dollar adjustment mandate of §104 revised as of April 1, 2016.

Updates include discussion of every bankruptcy decision of the U.S. Supreme Court announced since the last edition: Bank of

America, N.A., v. Caulkett; Law v. Siegel; Harris v. Viegelahn; Executive Benefits Ins. Agency v. Arkison, and Wellness

International Network, Ltd., v. Sharif ; Husky Int’l Electronics, Inc. v. Ritz

Numerous citations of new lower court decisions resulting from the 2005 BAPCPA amendments to the bankruptcy code

About this edition

• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1454873507
• ISBN 13: 9781454873501
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 721