Chapter 11: Essentials

by Elizabeth Warren

Chapter 11: Reorganizing American Businesses, The Essentials is part Aspen’s new Essentials series, which takes a “forest rather than the trees” approach to teaching. This concise paperback concentrates on the fundamentals of business bankruptcy law and uses an informal, essay-like style to explain them. In addition to developing the important ideas in business bankruptcy, the author also takes a look at some of the more important operational elements in order to bring the material to life. Suitable for use with any casebook, this text clarifies the important topics and bridges the gap of understanding for the student.

Among the features that make this text an outstanding resource:

written by Elizabeth Warren, the leading authority in the country on bankruptcy law. Warren is widely published in the field and is known for her keen ability to write about complex issues with great lucidity Warren concentrates on making the elements of business reorganization (Chapter 11) easily accessible to students the text is concise and user-friendly, hitting the main points of business bankruptcy without getting lost in the details Students will find this unique text reassuring and illuminating. Require or recommend Chapter 11: Reorganizing American Businesses, The Essentials for use alongside your casebook and give your students their best opportunity to grasp all the fundamentals of business bankruptcy.

Genres: Nonfiction

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Elizabeth Warren (born 1949) is an American academic and politician, and the current senior U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and a Democrat. She is the Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard Law School -- where she taught contract law, bankruptcy, and commercial law -- and devoted much of the past three decades to studying the economics of middle class families. In the wake of the 2008-9 financial crisis, she became the chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel created to investigate the U.S. banking bailout (formally known as the Troubled Assets Relief Program). In that role, she has provided a critical check on the U.S. Department of the Treasury and has been a leading advocate for accountability and transparency. Since 2007, she had advocated for the creation of a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency, which was established by the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act signed into law by President Obama in July 2010.

Reviews

[FarEastValue · Rating 4 out of 5]

A concise, easy-to-understand, introductory book on Chapter 11.