John A. E. Pottow

University of Michigan Law School

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1.

Did Bankruptcy Reform Fail? An Empirical Study of Consumer Debtors

American Bankruptcy Law Journal, Vol. 82, pp. 349-406, 2008, U of Michigan Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 08-023, U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 133, U Illinois Law & Economics Research Paper No. LE08-034, U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 136, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-50
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 07 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2016
Robert M. Lawless, Angela K. Littwin, Katherine M. Porter, John A. E. Pottow, Deborah Thorne and Elizabeth Warren
University of Illinois College of Law, University of Texas School of Law, University of California - Irvine School of Law, University of Michigan Law School, University of Idaho and Harvard Law School
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2007 Consumer Bankruptcy Project, bankruptcy reform, consumer debtors, credit risk, predatory lending

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Fiduciary Duties in Bankruptcy and Insolvency

The Oxford Handbook of Fiduciary Law, (Evan J. Criddle, Paul B. Miller, and Robert H. Sitkoff, Eds.), (2018) Forthcoming , U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 17-014, U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 566
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 07 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2018
John A. E. Pottow
University of Michigan Law School
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The Nondischargeability of Student Loans in Personal Bankruptcy Proceedings: The Search for a Theory

U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 75, U of Michigan Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 07-005, Canadian Business Law Journal, Vol. 44, 2006
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 06 Mar 2007
John A. E. Pottow
University of Michigan Law School
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bankruptcy, nondischargeability, loan

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The Maxwell Case

BANKRUPTCY LAW STORIES, R. Rasmusen, ed., pp. 222-237, 2007, U of Michigan Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 07-012, U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 89
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 19 Jul 2007
John A. E. Pottow
University of Michigan Law School
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posthumous bankruptcy

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The Myth (and Realities) of Forum Shopping in Transnational Insolvency

Brooklyn Journal of International Law, Vol. 32, No. 2, 2007, U of Michigan Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 07-015, U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 90
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 27 Sep 2007
John A. E. Pottow
University of Michigan Law School
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forum shopping, transnational insolvency, territorialist, universalism

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Private Liability for Reckless Consumer Lending

University of Illinois Law Review, No. 1, pp. 405-466, 2007, U of Michigan Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 07-003, U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 74
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 05 Feb 2007
John A. E. Pottow
University of Michigan Law School
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bankruptcy, credit, debt

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Procedural Incrementalism: A Model for International Bankruptcy

Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 45, No. 4, Summer 2005, Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper No. 05-001
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 11 Jan 2005
John A. E. Pottow
University of Michigan Law School
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Bankruptcy, international law/trade, contract and commercial law

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On the Stickiness of Default Rules

Florida State University Law Review, Vol. 33, 2006, Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper No. 05-010
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 10 Jul 2006
Omri Ben-Shahar and John A. E. Pottow
University of Chicago Law School and University of Michigan Law School
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The Rise in Elder Bankruptcy Filings and Failure of U.S. Bankruptcy Law

The Elder Law Journal, Vol. 19, 2012, University of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 210, University of Michigan Law & Economics, Empirical Legal Studies Center Paper No. 10-015
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 31 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2011
John A. E. Pottow
University of Michigan Law School
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Consumer Bankruptcy Project, Bankruptcy Code, Elder Debtor

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Ability to Pay

U of Michigan Law & Econ, Empirical Legal Studies Center Paper No. 11-006, U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 237
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 18 May 2011
John A. E. Pottow
University of Michigan Law School
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Dodd-Frank Act of 2010

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Greed and Pride in International Bankruptcy: The Problems and Proposed Solutions to 'Local Interests'

Michigan Law and Economics Research Paper No. 05-005
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 26 Apr 2005
John A. E. Pottow
University of Michigan Law School
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bankruptcy, law and economics, international trade/contracts

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A Presumptively Better Approach to Arbitrability

Canadian Business Law Journal, Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2013, U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-012, U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 339
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 16 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2013
John A. E. Pottow, Jacob Brege and Tara Hawley
University of Michigan Law School, University of Michigan Law School and University of Michigan Law School
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arbitration, authority, courts, Canada, United States (U.S.), contracts

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The Totality of the Circumstances of the Debtor's Financial Situation in a Post-Means Test World: Trying to Bridge the Wedoff/Culhane & White Divide

Missouri Law Review, Vol. 71, 2006, U of Michigan Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 07-006, U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 76
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 07 Mar 2007
John A. E. Pottow
University of Michigan Law School
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totality, debtor, post-means

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Cross-Border Corporate Insolvency in the Era of Soft(ish) Law

U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 17-016, U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 569
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Oct 2017
John A. E. Pottow
University of Michigan Law School
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Two Cheers for Universalism: Nortel's Nifty Novelty

U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 487, U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 15-020
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 01 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 25 May 2017
John A. E. Pottow
University of Michigan Law School
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Bankruptcy, Universalism, Nortel, Canadian Law, Comparative Law, Judging, Judicial Process

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Implementing Symmetric Treatment of Financial Contracts in Bankruptcy and Bank Resolution

U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 16-020, U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 521, Brooklyn Law School, Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2016
Edward J. Janger and John A. E. Pottow
Brooklyn Law School and University of Michigan Law School
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Financial, Banking, Financial Crisis and Regulation, Capital Markets, Derivatives, Legal, Bankruptcy, Contract & Commercial

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A U.S. Perspective on the Contextual Terrain of Political Economy in Insolvency Reform

CANADIAN BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY LAW: BILL C-55, STATUTE C.47 AND BEYOND, S. Ben-Ishai and T. Duggan, eds., Chapter 15, 2007, University of Michigan Law School, Law and Economics Research Paper Series No. 07-011, U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 88
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 20 Jul 2007
John A. E. Pottow
University of Michigan Law School
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insolvency, political economy

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A New Approach to Executory Contracts

Texas Law Review, Vol. 96, No. 7 (2018), U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 18-017, U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 614
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 06 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2018
John A. E. Pottow
University of Michigan Law School
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bankruptcy, insolvency, executory contracts

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A New Role for Secondary Proceedings in International Bankruptcies

Texas International Law Journal, Vol. 46, 2011, U of Michigan Law & Econ, Empirical Legal Studies Center Paper No. 11-012, U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 244
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 10 Aug 2011
John A. E. Pottow
University of Michigan Law School
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international bankruptcy, corporate bankruptcy

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Rethinking Criminal Contempt in the Bankruptcy Courts

American Bankruptcy Law Journal, Forthcoming, U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 16-035, U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 546
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 15 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2017
John A. E. Pottow and Jason Levin
University of Michigan Law School and University of Michigan Law School - JD Author
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What Bankruptcy Law Can and Cannot Do for Puerto Rico

Rev. Jur. UPR 85, no. 3 (2016): 689-704, U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 16-017, U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 517
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 08 Sep 2016
John A. E. Pottow
University of Michigan Law School
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Beyond Carve-Outs and Toward Reliance: A Normative Framework for Cross-Border Insolvency Choice of Law

Brook. J. Corp. Fin. & Com. L. 9 (Forthcoming), U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 15-008, U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 451
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 11 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 21 May 2015
John A. E. Pottow
University of Michigan Law School
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Sovereign Defaults Before International Criminal Courts and Tribunals

49 Banking & Fin. L. Rev. 29 (Forthcoming), U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 444, U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 15-004
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 11 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 21 May 2015
John A. E. Pottow and Emily Iversen
University of Michigan Law School and University of Michigan Law School
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sovereign debt, bankruptcy, insolvency, arbitration, courts

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Mitigating the Problem of Vulture Holdout: International Certification Boards for Sovereign Debt Restructurings

Texas International Law Journal, Forthcoming, U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 351, U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-016
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 26 Sep 2013
John A. E. Pottow
University of Michigan Law School
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sovereign debt, bankruptcy, international economic law, commercial law, development and finance law

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The Dialogic Aspect of Soft Law in International Insolvency: Discord, Digression, and Development

Michigan Journal of International Law, Vol. 40, No. 3, 2019, U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 19-012, U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 649
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 11 Oct 2019
John A. E. Pottow
University of Michigan Law School
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Insolvency, Bankruptcy, Cross-Border Insolvency, Cross-Border Bankruptcy, International Bankruptcy, International Insolvency, International Law, Soft Law, Private International Law, Recognition of Judgements, UNCITRAL