Courting failure
Subtitle: how competition for big cases is corrupting the bankruptcy courts
By: Lynn M. LoPucki.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Bankruptcy -- United States.; Corporation law -- United States.; Forum shopping -- United States.; Judicial corruption -- United States.
Description: "Lynn LoPucki's eye-opening account of the widespread and systematic decay of America's bankruptcy courts is a blockbuster story that has yet to be reported in the media. LoPucki reveals the profound corruption in the U.S. bankruptcy system and how this breakdown has directly led to the major corporate failures of the last decade, including Enron, MCI, WorldCom, and Global Crossing."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: New York's game : 1980-86; title: The rise of Delaware : 1990-96; title: The federal government strikes back; title: Failure; title: The competition goes national; title: Corruption; title: The competition goes global; title: Global and out of control?; title: Ideology.