Rafael I. Pardo

Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law

Walter D. Coles Professor of Law

Anheuser-Busch Hall 585

1 Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1120

St. Louis, MO 63130

United States

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The Real Student-Loan Scandal: Undue Hardship Discharge Litigation

American Bankruptcy Law Journal, Vol. 83, No. 1, 2009, 3rd Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 16 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2018
Rafael I. Pardo and Michelle R. Lacey
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law and Tulane University
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bankruptcy discharge, student loans, educational debt, discharge litigation, higher education

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Undue Hardship in the Bankruptcy Courts: An Empirical Assessment of the Discharge of Educational Debt

University of Cincinnati Law Review, Vol. 74, No. 2, Winter 2005, Tulane Public Law Research Paper No. 05-06
Number of pages: 125 Posted: 20 Apr 2005
Rafael I. Pardo and Michelle R. Lacey
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law and Tulane University
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Bankruptcy, discharge, education, higher education, educational debt, student loans

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Bankrupted Slaves

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 71, No. 4, 2018, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 96 Posted: 21 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 27 May 2018
Rafael I. Pardo
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
Downloads 325 (149,900)
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bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Act of 1841, slavery, domestic slave trade, legal history, race and the law

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The Undue Hardship Thicket: On Access to Justice, Procedural Noncompliance, and Pollutive Litigation in Bankruptcy

Florida Law Review, Vol. 66, No. 6, 2014, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-359
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 20 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2015
Rafael I. Pardo
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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bankruptcy discharge, student loans, educational debt, discharge litigation, higher education

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An Empirical Investigation into Appellate Structure and the Perceived Quality of Appellate Review

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 61, No. 6, 2008, U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 367, Tulane Public Law Research Paper No. 07-03, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 187, 2nd Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 03 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2011
Jonathan Remy Nash and Rafael I. Pardo
Emory University School of Law and Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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Courts, Judges, Appeals, Appellate Structure, Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Appellate Panels

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Eliminating the Judicial Function in Consumer Bankruptcy

American Bankruptcy Law Journal, Vol. 81, No. 4, 2007
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 17 Jan 2008
Rafael I. Pardo
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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administration, bankruptcy, courts, judges, judicial function, judicial discretion, means test

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The Structural Exceptionalism of Bankruptcy Administration

UCLA Law Review, Vol. 60, No. 2, 2012, University of Washington School of Law Research Paper No. 2012-08, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-209
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 29 May 2012 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2013
Rafael I. Pardo and Kathryn A. Watts
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law and University of Washington - School of Law
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administrative law, agencies, bankruptcy, courts, delegation, institutional design, judges

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Taking Bankruptcy Rights Seriously

Washington Law Review, Vol. 91, No. 3, 2016, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-404
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 24 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2016
Rafael I. Pardo
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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access to justice, bankruptcy, discharge litigation, educational debt, empirical studies, practice and procedure, student loans

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On Proof of Preferential Effect

Alabama Law Review, Vol. 55, No. 2, 2004 , Tulane Public Law Research Paper No. 04-07
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 12 Dec 2003 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2012
Rafael I. Pardo
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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bankruptcy, preferences, trustee, burden of proof

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An Empirical Examination of Access to Chapter 7 Relief by Pro Se Debtors

Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2009
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 22 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2011
Rafael I. Pardo
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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BAPCPA, bankruptcy administration, bankruptcy reform, case dismissal, consumer debtors, means test, pro se debtors

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On Bankruptcy’s Promethean Gap: Building Enslaving Capacity into the Antebellum Administrative State

Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. 48, No. 4, 2021, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 21-8
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 18 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2021
Rafael I. Pardo
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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administrative law, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Act of 1841, business history, legal history, race and the law, slavery

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Federally Funded Slaving

Tulane Law Review, Vol. 93, No. 4, 2019
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 05 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 02 May 2019
Rafael I. Pardo
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Act of 1841, Slavery, Domestic Slave Trade, Legal History, Race and the Law

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Failing to Answer Whether Bankruptcy Reform Failed: A Critique of the First Report from the 2007 Consumer Bankruptcy Project

American Bankruptcy Law Journal, Vol. 83, No. 1, 2009
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 03 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2011
Rafael I. Pardo
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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2007 Consumer Bankruptcy Project, bankruptcy reform, consumer debtors, means test

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Setting the Record Straight: A Sur-Reply to Professors Lawless et al

Seattle University Law Review, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2009
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 10 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2011
Rafael I. Pardo
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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2007 Consumer Bankruptcy Project, bankruptcy reform, consumer debtors, means test

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Does Ideology Matter in Bankruptcy? Voting Behavior on the Courts of Appeals

William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 919-985, 2012, 5th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper, Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 11-100, Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 11-146, University of Washington School of Law Research Paper No. 2011-08
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 15 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2012
Jonathan Remy Nash and Rafael I. Pardo
Emory University School of Law and Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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courts, judges, empirical, bankruptcy, appeals, appellate structure

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Rethinking the Principal-Agent Theory of Judging

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 99, No. 1, 2013, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-267
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2013
Jonathan Remy Nash and Rafael I. Pardo
Emory University School of Law and Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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courts, judges, empirical, bankruptcy, appeals, appellate structure

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Illness and Inability to Repay: The Role of Debtor Health in the Discharge of Educational Debt

Florida State University Law Review, Vol. 35, No. 2, 2008
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2011
Rafael I. Pardo
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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bankruptcy, discharge, student loans, educational debt, health, illness

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The Utility of Opacity in Judicial Selection

NYU Annual Survey of American Law, Vol. 64, No. 3, 2009
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 06 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2011
Rafael I. Pardo
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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judicial appointments, judicial independence, judicial selection, judicial accountability, judicial quality, bankruptcy judges

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Beyond the Limits of Equity Jurisprudence: No-Fault Equitable Subordination

New York University Law Review, Vol. 75, No. 5, 2000
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 26 Apr 2005
Rafael I. Pardo
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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bankruptcy, equitable subordination

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Reconceptualizing Present-Value Analysis in Consumer Bankruptcy

Washington and Lee Law Review, Vol. 68, No. 1, pp. 113-186, 2011, University of Washington School of Law Research Paper No. 2011-06
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 02 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2011
Rafael I. Pardo
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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bankruptcy, Chapter 13, cramdown, discounting, present value, Till v. SCS Credit Corp

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Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction and Agency Action: Resolving the NextWave of Conflict

New York University Law Review, Vol. 76, No. 3, 2001
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 26 Apr 2005 Last Revised: 05 May 2021
Rafael I. Pardo
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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bankruptcy, jurisdiction, automatic stay, property of the estate, government creditor, FCC

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Financial Freedom Suits: Bankruptcy, Race, and Citizenship in Antebellum America

Arizona Law Review, Vol. 62, No. 1, 2020, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 20-10
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 06 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2020
Rafael I. Pardo
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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African Americans, antebellum business history, antebellum legal history, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Act of 1841, free people of color, race and the law

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Racialized Bankruptcy Federalism

Michigan State Law Review, Vol. 2021, No. 5, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 01 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2022
Rafael I. Pardo
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Act of 1841, business history, federalism, legal history, race and the law, slavery

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Documenting Bankrupted Slaves

Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc, Vol. 71, 2018, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 04 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 27 May 2018
Rafael I. Pardo
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
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Self-Representation and the Dismissal of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Cases

BEYOND ELITE LAW: ACCESS TO CIVIL JUSTICE IN AMERICA, eds. Samuel Estreicher and Joy Radice (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016), 87–106
Posted: 11 Mar 2021
Rafael I. Pardo
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law

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access to justice, bankruptcy, bankruptcy procedure, case dismissal, consumer debtors, self-representation