David A. Skeel

University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

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1.

The Promise and Perils of Credit Derivatives

University of Cincinnati Law Review, Vol. 75, p. 1019, 2007, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 06-22, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 06-36, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 07-74
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 13 Sep 2006 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2010
David A. Skeel and Frank Partnoy
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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credit derivatives, credit quality, banks, credit default swap, collateralized debt obligation, risks, moral hazard, disclosure, credit ratings, bankruptcy

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The New Financial Deal: Understanding the Dodd-Frank Act and its (Unintended) Consequences

THE NEW FINANCIAL DEAL: UNDERSTANDING THE DODD-FRANK ACT AND ITS (UNINTENDED) CONSEQUENCES, Wiley, November 2010 , U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 10-21
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 13 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2010
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Corporate finance, banking and financial regulation, too big to fail, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, bankruptcy law reform, derivative contracts, clearinghouse for derivative transactions, capital requirements, bailouts

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Bankruptcy or Bailouts?

Journal of Corporation Law, Vol. 35, p. 469, 2010, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 09-11, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 09-05
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2010
Kenneth Ayotte and David A. Skeel
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Downloads 4,941 (3,120)
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Chapter 11 reorganization, insolvency, financial crisis, intervention in financial markets, government rescue, ad hoc rescues, bailout, Federal Reserve, investment banking, Lehman Brothers, debt overhangs, creditor runs, systemic risk, derivatives

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Who Writes the Rules for Hostile Takeovers, and Why? The Peculiar Divergence of US and UK Takeover Regulation

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 95, p. 1727, 2007, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 73/2006
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 08 Sep 2006 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2018
John Armour and David A. Skeel
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Downloads 4,870 (3,178)
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hostile takeovers, history of corporate law, comparative corporate law, self-regulation, institutional investors, evolution of law, Anglo-American corporate governance

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Assessing the Chrysler Bankruptcy

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 108, pp. 727-772, 2010, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 645, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 09-22, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 09-17, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 09-42
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 30 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2015
Mark J. Roe and David A. Skeel
Harvard Law School and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Downloads 2,837 (7,821)
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corporate reorganization, bankruptcy, chapter 11

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The Divergence of U.S. and UK Takeover Regulation

Regulation, Vol. 30, No. 3, Fall 2007, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 08-24
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 02 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2008
John Armour and David A. Skeel
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Downloads 2,427 (9,951)

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take-over regulation, John Armour, David Skeel, hostile take-overs, U.S., UK, corporate governance, supply side, competitive federalism, policy, legislation, defensive tactics, poison pills, modes of regulation, litigation, financial performance, hostility,share ownership, self-regulation,comparison

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Christianity and the (Modest) Rule of Law

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 8, p. 809, 2006, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 124
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 28 Nov 2005 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2010
David A. Skeel and William J. Stuntz
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and Harvard Law School
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A Dialogue on the Costs and Benefits of Automatic Stays for Derivatives and Repurchase Agreements

U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 12-02, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 108, Stanford University Working Paper No. 108
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 09 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2012
Darrell Duffie and David A. Skeel
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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qualified financial contract, OTC derivative, swap, repurchase agreement, automatic stay, clearinghouse, Dodd-Frank Act, financial regulation, finance, bankruptcy

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The Mosaic Law in Christian Perspective

U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 11-25
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 02 Aug 2011
David A. Skeel and Tremper Longman
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and Westmont College
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God, Jesus Christ, Moses, Hebrew Law, Old Testament, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Torah, New Testament Context, Bible, Behavioral Regulation, Criminal Intent and Punishment, Economic Justice, Debt Relief, Marriage and Divorce, Gay Marriage, Mosaic law’s Implications for Contemporary Law

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Creditors' Ball: The 'New' New Corporate Governance In Chapter 11

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 14 Jun 2003
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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The Market Revolution in Bank and Insurance Firm Governance: Its Logic and Limits

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 13 Aug 1999
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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The Role of the IMF in Future Sovereign Debt Restructurings

USC CLASS Research Paper No. CLASS 13-6, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 13-19
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 26 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 25 Dec 2014
Douglas G. Baird, Nicole Bollen, Lee C. Buchheit, Mitu Gulati, Anne Krueger, Fridrik Mar Baldursson, Robert K. Rasmussen, David A. Skeel, Sergei Storchak and Jeromin Zettelmeyer
University of Chicago Law School, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands, Center for Contract and Economic Organization, University of Virginia School of Law, Johns Hopkins University, Reykjavik University, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation and Bruegel
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International Monetary Fund, Sovereign Debt

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The Unbearable Lightness of Christian Legal Scholarship

U of Penn Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 06-37, Emory Law Journal, Vol. 57, p. 1471, 2008
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 13 Sep 2006 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2008
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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evangelicals, theologically conservative Christians, law review articles, scholarly literature, Christian scholarship, normative, secular law, law as morality, debt relief, Bono, norm entrepreneurs

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Why Do Distressed Companies Choose Delaware? An Empirical Analysis of Venue Choice in Bankruptcy

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 24 Nov 2003
Kenneth Ayotte and David A. Skeel
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Downloads 720 (60,177)
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bankruptcy, Chapter 11, venue choice, forum shopping, Delaware, reorganization

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States of Bankruptcy

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 79, No. 2, Pg. 677, 2012, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 11-24, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 11-30
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 10 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2012
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Framework for bankruptcy provisions for the states, reorganization, state government debt, bonds, markets, legislation

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Bankruptcy Law as a Liquidity Provider

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 80, P. 1557, 2013, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-8
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 16 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2014
Kenneth Ayotte and David A. Skeel
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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bankruptcy, liquidity, creditors' bargain, debt overhang, adverse selection

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Is Bankruptcy the Answer for Troubled Cities and States?

Houston Law Review, 2013, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-9
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 04 Apr 2013
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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State and local government, bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, state and municipal finance, state fiscal control of municipalities, governmental debt, bonds, legislation, rules for restructuring governmental debt, federalism

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Inside-Out Corporate Governance

Journal of Corporation Law, Vol. 37, p. 147, 2011, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 11-32
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 03 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2012
David A. Skeel, Vijit Chahar, Alexander Clark, Mia Howard, Bijun Huang, Federico Lasconi, A.G. Leventhal, Matthew Makover, Randi Milgrim, David Payne, Romy Rahme, Nikki Sachdeva and Zachary Scott
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, University of Pennsylvania Law School – Graduate, University of Pennsylvania Law School – Graduate, University of Pennsylvania Law School – Graduate, University of Pennsylvania Law School – Graduate, Bank of Italy - Banking and Finance Supervision Department, University of Pennsylvania Law School – Graduate, University of Pennsylvania Law School – Graduate, University of Pennsylvania Law School – Graduate, University of Pennsylvania Law School – Graduate, University of Pennsylvania Law School – Graduate, University of Pennsylvania Law School – Graduate and University of Pennsylvania Law School – Graduate
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Corporate governance, directors, boards, shareholder voting, elections, proxy contests, ballot access, proxy rules, SEC, credit ratings, agencies, regulation, CDOs, audits, credit derivatives, credit quality, credit default swaps, collateralized debt obligations, risk, disclosure, credit ratings

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Behaviorism in Finance and Securities Law

Supreme Court Economic Review, Vol. 21, P. 77, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-25
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 01 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2015
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Cost-benefit analysis, CBA, administrative agency structure, risk, Kahneman, Nudge, financial crisis, Dodd-Frank Act, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Securities Exchange Commission, SEC, proxy access, Federal Reserve emergency powers, bailouts, Financial Stability Oversight Council, FSOC

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The Rise and Fall of the Sec in Bankruptcy

University of Pennsylvania Law School, Institute for Law and Economics, Working Paper No. 267
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 13 Aug 1999
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Governance in the Ruins

Harvard Law Review, Vol. 122, p. 696, 2008, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 08-26
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 30 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2009
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Contract rights, property rights, centralized governance, decentralized governance, corporate autopsies, insolvency, endowment perspective, economic crisis, corporate governance, Parmalat, Bear Stearns, financial intermediation, financial services, regulation, regulatory reform

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Bankruptcy Phobia

Temple Law Review, Vol. 82, Pg. 333, 2010, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 10-01, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 10-08
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 17 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2010
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Credit crunch of 2008, aversion to bankruptcy, corporate reorganization, insolvency laws, bankruptcy reform, bailouts, comparative historical analysis, Great Depression, financial crisis

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Transaction Consistency and the New Finance in Bankruptcy

Columbia Law Review, Vol. 112, p. 152, 2012, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 11-06
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 05 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2012
David A. Skeel and Thomas Jackson
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and University of Rochester
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derivatives, repurchase agreements, repos, Dodd-Frank, bankruptcy

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The Accidental Elegance of Aronson v. Lewis

U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 07-28
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 Nov 2007
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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corporation law, shareholder derivative litigation, breach of duty by corporate directors, legal history, business corporations, securities class actions

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Bankruptcy on the Side

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 112, No. 2, 2017, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 16-25, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2839479, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 784
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 16 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2018
Kenneth Ayotte, Anthony J. Casey and David A. Skeel
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, University of Chicago Law School and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Bankruptcy and Economic Recovery

In Restructuring Financial Infrastructure to Speed Recovery (Brookings Institution) Forthcoming, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-27
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 07 Aug 2013
Thomas H. Jackson and David A. Skeel
University of Rochester and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Bankruptcy, corporate reorganization, economic growth, employment, risk taking, incentive distortion, economic failure, financial failure, purpose of bankruptcy, asset mobility, delayed case commencement, use of assets. saving jobs, Chrysler bailout

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The Paths of Christian Legal Scholarship

U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 08-05
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 17 Jan 2008
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Law and Society, Legal History, Religion, evangelicals, theologically conservative Christians, law review articles, scholarly literature, Christian scholarship, realism, morality, moral philosophy, international human rights, Catholicism, William Jennings Bryan, Roscoe Pound, Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Bankruptcy Boundary Games

Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law, Vol. 4, p. 1, 2009, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 09-25
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 12 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2010
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Bankrupt brokerage houses, corporate reorganization, securities law, derivative contracts, financial services, overlap between bankruptcy and securities law, automatic stay, exemptions from bankruptcy protection

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Recharacterization and the Nonhindrance of Creditors

European Business Organization Law Review (EBOR), Vol. 7, p. 259, March 2006, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 07-13
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 07 Mar 2006 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2014
David A. Skeel and Georg Krause-Vilmar
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and Sullivan & Cromwell - New York Headquarters
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corporations, corporate reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, recharacterization, bankruptcy, secured debt, shareholder loans, priority

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Making Sense of the New Financial Deal

Liberty University Law Review, Vol. 5, p. 181, 2011, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 11-21
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 01 Aug 2011
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Banking and finance, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, derivatives, securities, leverage, risk, too big to fail, bailouts, financial regulation, 2008 credit crisis, law and economics, bankruptcy, executive compensation, Christianity, sacrificial love

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Rediscovering Corporate Governance in Bankruptcy

Temple Law Review, Vol. 87, P. 1021, 2015, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 307/2016, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 15-38
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 08 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2016
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Bankruptcy, corporate reorganizations, corporate governance, corporations, corporate finance, financial distress, insolvency shareholders, Chapter 11, compensation for unsecured creditors, Bill Whitford, Lynn LoPucki

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Dynamic Resolution of Large Financial Institutions

2 Harvard Business Law Review 435 , U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-13
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 12 Apr 2013
Thomas H. Jackson and David A. Skeel
University of Rochester and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Finance, large financial institutions, liquidation, reorganization, administrative resolution, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, regulator-brokered sales, bankruptcy judges, reform

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A Two-Step Plan for Puerto Rico

U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 16-3
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 08 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2016
Clayton P. Gillette and David A. Skeel
New York University School of Law and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Puerto Rican government bankruptcy, insolvency, debt crisis, restructuring, federalism, governance dysfunction, reform, reorganization, local autonomy

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From Chrysler and General Motors to Detroit

Widener Law Journal, Vol. 24, P. 121, 2015, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 14-31
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 04 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2015
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Municipal Bankruptcy, Section 363 asset sales, absolute priority rule, unfair discrimination, bailouts, bankruptcy oversight & regulation, pension restructuring, union contracts, gifting, Chapter 9, debtor in possession, sub rosa plan, qualified bidder requirements, Detroit Institute of Arts

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Can Pensions Be Restructured in (Detroit’s) Municipal Bankruptcy?

The Federalist Society, White Paper Series, October 2013, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-33
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 04 Dec 2013
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Municipal bankruptcy, retirement security, state and local government law, constitutional law, defined benefit public employee pensions, contract approach, Contracts Clause, Chapter 9, Detroit, pension restructuring, Michigan Constitution, accrued benefits, property interest, Takings Clause

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Odious Debts or Odious Regimes?

Law & Contemporary Problems, Vol. 70, p. 83, Autumn 2007, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 07-30
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 07 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2011
Patrick Bolton and David A. Skeel
Imperial College London and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Odious debt doctrine, legal history, international law, politics, systematic suppression, systematic looting, tyranny, UN, United Nations, IMF, International Monetary Fund, sovereign debt, national debt, repayment, forgiveness

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Lockups and Delaware Venue in Corporate Law and Bankruptcy

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 09 May 2000
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Christianity and the Large Scale Corporation

CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO LAW AND CHRISTIANITY, John Witte, ed., Forthcoming, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 07-45
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 01 Nov 2007
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Christian attitudes, legal history, religion, business corporations, decentralized governance

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The Empty Idea of 'Equality of Creditors'

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 166, p. 699, 2017, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 17-7
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 02 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 14 Mar 2018
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Bankruptcy, Corporate Reorganization, Legal History, Preference Law, Executory Contracts, Derivatives, Critical Vendors, Secret Liens, Section 363 Asset Sales, Gifting, Eve of Bankruptcy Transfers

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The New Synthesis of Bank Regulation and Bankruptcy in the Dodd-Frank Era

Research Handbook on Corporate Bankruptcy Law, Barry Adler ed., Elgar Press, 2015/2016, (Forthcoming), European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 308/2016, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 15-22
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 10 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2016
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Banks, bank regulation, investment banking, bankruptcy, derivatives, Dodd-Frank Act, Orderly Liquidation Authority, OLA, systemically important financial institution, SIFI, SIFIs, rapid recapitalization, convertible contingent capital securities, CoCos, single point of entry

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Inside the Black Box: How Should a Sovereign Bankruptcy Framework Be Structured?

Emory Law Journal, Vol. 53, pp. 763, 2004, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 05-03
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 10 Feb 2005 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2011
David A. Skeel and Patrick Bolton
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and Imperial College London
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Bankruptcy, sovereign bankruptcy, bankruptcy framework, sovereign debt restructuring mechanism

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Governance Reform and the Judicial Role in Municipal Bankruptcy

Yale Law Journal, Vol. 125, Pg. 1150, 2016 , U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 15-28, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 15-10, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 15-28
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 29 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2016
Clayton P. Gillette and David A. Skeel
New York University School of Law and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Chapter 9, section 904, Chapter 11, reorganization, municipal budget policy, judicial intervention in local governance, local government debt, separation of powers, federalism, state constitutions, National Federation of Independent Businesses v. Sebelius

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The Bylaw Puzzle in Delaware Corporate Law

Business Lawyer, Vol. 72, P. 1, 2016/2017, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 17-2
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 31 Jan 2017
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Corporation law, corporations, Delaware, legislation, courts, proxy access bylaws & rule, shareholder litigation, corporate charter provisions, Sarbanes-Oxley, Dodd-Frank, proxy expense bylaw, Delaware tensions with U.S. Congress, intervention by Delaware legislators

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Notes from the Puerto Rico Oversight (Not Control) Board 34th Pileggi Lecture

Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, Vol. 43, Pg. 529, 2019, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 19-41
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 Oct 2019
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Puerto Rico, bankruptcy, long-term economic distress, PROMESA, Oversight Board, fiscal responsibility & access to capital markets, planning & budget reforms, Hurricane Maria, PREPA, electric utility, deficits, liquidity, Appointments Clause challenge, Aurelius Investment, Supreme Court, SCOTUS

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Governmental Intervention in an Economic Crisis

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law, Vol. 19, P. 7, 2016, USC Legal Studies Research Papers Series No. 16-33, USC CLASS Research Papers Series No. CLASS16-31, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 16-30, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 345/2017
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 12 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2017
Robert K. Rasmussen and David A. Skeel
University of Southern California Gould School of Law and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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financial or credit crisis, governmental intervention in financial markets, government rescue, ad hoc rescues, bailout, transparency, Federal Reserve, AIG, Chrysler, investment banking, Lehman Brothers, ex post oversight of bailouts and intervention, judicial review of crisis intervention

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What is a Lien? Lessons from Municipal Bankruptcy

University of Illinois Law Review, 2015, P. 675, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 14-28
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 20 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2015
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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public finance, insolvency, Chapter 9 bankruptcy, municipal bonds, municipal bankruptcy revenue bonds, general obligation bonds, secured and unsecured creditors, lien substitutes, ad valorem taxes, Detroit, Central Falls RI, trusts, pensions, pension funds and obligations, public employees

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Virtual Privatization: Governance Reforms for Government-Owned Firms

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 10 Jul 2002
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Bankruptcy's Identity Crisis

U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 23-17, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Forthcoming, European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 708/2023
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 12 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 23 May 2023
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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bankruptcy law, Chapter 11, secured obligations, corporate bankruptcy, corporations, unsecured creditors, leveraged loans, private equity, CLO, collateralized loan obligation, capital structures, RSA fees.

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Single Point of Entry and the Bankruptcy Alternative

Across the Great Divide: New Perspectives on the Financial Crisis (Brookings-Hoover, Forthcoming), U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 14-10
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 15 Mar 2014
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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corporate finance, bankruptcy, law & economics, investment banking, bank holding company distress, Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, single point of entry strategy, too big to fail, financial services industry concentration, financial reorganization

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Hauerwasian Christian Legal Theory

Law & Contemporary Problems, Vol. 75, No. 4, Pg. 115, 2012, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-02
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 11 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2012
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Stanley Hauerwas, law and religion, theology, political theory, civic public or political engagement, Hauerwasian Christian legal theory, the Sermon on the Mount, abortion, bankruptcy, civil rights movement

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Corporate Governance and Social Welfare in the Common Law World

Texas Law Review, Vol. 92, P. 973, 2014, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 14-9
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 15 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2014
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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corporations, corporate governance, comparative law, social welfare law, politics, shareholder rights, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Christopher Bruner

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When Should Bankruptcy Be an Option (for People, Places or Things)?

William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 55, P. 2217, 2014, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 14-8
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 12 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2014
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Bankruptcy, corporate reorganization, municipal, state, sovereign debt restructuring, financial distress, Detroit, four attributes of bankruptcy, when does bankruptcy work, Greece, European debt crisis

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Christianity and Bankruptcy

Forthcoming In CHRISTIANITY AND MARKET REGULATION (Daniel Crane & Samuel Gregg eds., Cambridge University Press 2020)., U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 20-02
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 06 Jan 2020
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Debtors, Biblical context, default risk, usury, limitations on collateral, exemptions, slavery, Daniel DeFoe, insolvency law reform, fresh start, exceptions to discharge, forgiveness, apology, coercion, no bankruptcy, delayed relief, personal, corporate, governmental, Christian vision of bankruptcy

54.

Introduction: Appreciating Bill Stuntz

THE POLITICAL HEART OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: ESSAYS ON THEMES OF WILLIAM J. STUNTZ, Cambridge University Press, 2012, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 11-24
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 01 Aug 2011
Michael J. Klarman, David A. Skeel and Carol S. Steiker
Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and Harvard Law School
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Testimonial, tribute, scholarship, the life and work of Professor William J. Stuntz, criminal procedure, criminal law and politics, equal protection, policing, racial discrimination

55.

Taking Stock of Chapter 11

U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 21-19, Syracuse Law Review, 2021 Forthcoming
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 19 May 2021
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Bankruptcy law & practice, legal theory, reorganization, creditors’ bargain, contract paradigm, ex post & ex ante contracting, intercreditor & restructuring support agreements, debtor-in-possession, judges, Samuel J. Gerdano, American Bankruptcy Institute

56.

Bankruptcy for Banks: A Tribute (and Little Plea) to Jay Westbrook

U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 18-31, In Bankruptcy's Universal Pragmatist: Festschrift in Honor of Jay Westbrook (Christophe G. Paulus & John A.E. Pottow eds., Michigan Publishing 2021)
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 19 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 16 Sep 2021
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Bankruptcy, banking, insolvency, legislation, administrative law, Dodd-Frank, bailouts, single point of entry, SPOE, financial institutions, finance, banks, Chapter 11, Chapter 15, bankruptcy amendments

57.

The Corporation as Trinity

U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 22-28, Seattle University Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Jul 2022
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Corporate personhood, stakeholder governance, theory of the firm, Augustine, De Trinitate, law & religion, First Amendment, free exercise clause, religious identity, Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., Citizens United v. Fed. Election Comm’n

58.

When Markets and Gambling Converge

THEOLOGY AND THE LIBERAL STATE, Cohen & Kaplan, eds., University of Wisconsin Press, 2006
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 07 Mar 2006
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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59.

Competing Narratives in Corporate Bankruptcy: Debtor in Control vs. No Time to Spare

Michigan State Law Review, Vol. 2009, p. 1187, 2009, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 10-20
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 10 Oct 2010
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Corporate reorganization, time is of the essence, urgent need to protect corporate assets, history of bankruptcy law, legal history, corporations, resolution narratives in Chapter 11 bankruptcy practice

60.

Institutional Choice in an Economic Crisis

Wisconsin Law Review, vol. 2013, p. 629, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-10
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 06 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2013
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Neil Komesar, comparative institutional analysis, markets, courts, legislatures, financial crises, majoritarian preferences, the role of the executive branch, the role of the judicial system, bailouts, Eric Posner, Adrian Vermeule, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, Chrysler, General Motors

61.

Bankruptcy's Uneasy Shift to a Contract Paradigm

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 166, p. 1777, 2018, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 18-21, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 526
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 25 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2019
David A. Skeel and George G. Triantis
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and Stanford Law School
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Bankruptcy, contracts, covenants, debt structure, ex post, ex ante, asymmetry, contingencies, renegotiation, multiple creditors, security design, pre-commitment, reorganization, judicial review, public policy, creditor rights

62.

Distorted Choice in Corporate Bankruptcy

Yale Law Journal, Vol. 130, p. 366, 2020, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 20-53
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 16 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2020
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Corporate bankruptcy law & practice, Chapter 11, reorganization, distortive incentives, restructuring & plan support agreements, RSAs, PSAs, deathtrap provisions, claims trading, Section 363 asset sales, rights offerings

63.

Foreword: Bankruptcy’s New and Old Frontiers

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 166, Pg. 1571, 2018, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 18-36
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 11 Dec 2018
William W. Bratton and David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Bankruptcy law, legal history, corporate reorganization, financial distress, 1978 Bankruptcy Code, Trust Indenture Act, Chapter 11, receivership, debtor in possession, securities, judges, judicial oversight, consensual agreements

64.

Reflections on Two Years of P.R.O.M.E.S.A.

Revista Juridica Universidad de Puerto Rico, Vol. 87, P. 862 (2018)., U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 18-18
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 25 Jul 2018
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act, PROMESA, oversight boards, history of responses to financial distress of US public entities, reorganization, Chapter 9 of Bankruptcy Reform Act, fiscal plans, restructuring, Title III, Hurricane Maria, PREPA, Governor Ricardo Rossello

65.

Divided by the Sermon on the Mount

Pepperdine Law Review, Vol. 47, p. 495, 2020, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 19-09
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 14 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 15 May 2020
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Evangelical Christianity, Protestant theology, Christianity and law, biblical interpretation, fundamentalism, modernism, Social Gospel, religious right, justice, political activism, conservatism, William Jennings Bryan

66.

Bankruptcy and the Macroeconomy: A New Paradigm for Governmental Response to Economic Crisis

U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 23-16, Yale Journal on Regulation, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 11 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Peter Conti-Brown and David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Financial markets, Economic crisis, macroeconomic stability, dysfunctional market, Federal Reserve, Bailout Regulation, debt market, Fed’s intermediation, DIP-dedicated lending, corporate bankruptcies, DIP Discount Window, fiscal-monetary response.

67.

Unwritten Rules and the New Contract Paradigm

36 Emory Bankr. Dev. J. 733 (2020), U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 20-39
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 12 Jun 2020
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Bankruptcy process, bankruptcy rules, pre-bankruptcy contracts, post-petition contracts, distributional rules, absolute priority, restructuring support agreements

68.

Pandemic Hope for Chapter 11 Financing

Yale Law Journal Forum, Vol. 131, p. 315, 2021, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 21-30
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 Nov 2021
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Bankruptcy, reorganization, Chapter 11, debtor-in-possession financing, DIP, COVID-19 pandemic, economic shutdown, restructuring support agreements, RSAs, fragmented capital structure, first, second & priming liens, Neiman Marcus

69.

Vern Countryman and the Path of Progressive (and Populist) Bankruptcy Scholarship

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Vern Countryman and the Path of Progressive (and Populist) Bankruptcy Scholarship

Harvard Law Review, Vol. 113, Pg. 1075, 2000, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper 280
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 09 May 2000 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2019
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Vern Countryman and the Path of Progressive (and Populist) Bankruptcy Scholarship

Posted: 09 May 2000
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

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70.

Bankruptcy's Home Economics

American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review, Vol. 12, Pg. 43, 2004, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 08 Nov 2019
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Debtor-creditor, bankruptcy, law & economics, Elizabeth Warren, two-income trap, The New Economics of the American Family, causes of financial predicament, reversing special treatment for home mortgages, usury regulation, disability insurance, universal school vouchers, myths & morals of bankruptcy

71.

The Past, Present and Future of Debtor-in-Possession Financing

Posted: 10 Feb 2005
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

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Chapter 11, post-petition financing rules, bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession financing

72.

Avoiding Moral Bankruptcy

Posted: 10 Feb 2005
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

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Bankruptcy, religious organization and bankruptcy

73.

Corporate Anatomy Lessons

Posted: 10 Feb 2005
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

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Corporate law, structure of corporate law, corporate regulation, agency problems, comparative corporate law

74.

Icarus in the Boardroom

Posted: 10 Feb 2005
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

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corporate entrepreneurship, corporate reform, corporate scandals, corporate failures, corporate regulation

75.

Debt's Dominion: A History of Bankruptcy Law in America

Posted: 19 Dec 2001
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

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76.

Shaming in Corporate Law

Posted: 07 Dec 2000
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

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77.

An Evolutionary Theory of Corporate Law and Corporate Bankruptcy

Posted: 28 Apr 1998
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

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78.

The Law and Finance of Bank and Insurance Insolvency Regulation

Posted: 15 Apr 1998
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

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79.

Bankruptcy Courts and Bankruptcy Venue: Some Thoughts on Delaware

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Bankruptcy Courts and Bankruptcy Venue: Some Thoughts on Delaware

Posted: 26 Feb 1998
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

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Bankruptcy Courts and Bankruptcy Venue: Some Thoughts on Delaware

1 Delaware Law Review (1998).
Posted: 17 Mar 1998
David A. Skeel
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

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