Legal Research Guides by Course - Bankruptcy
Course Description
This course offers an introduction to the Federal Bankruptcy Code. Elements common to consumer and business bankruptcies will be reviewed. The course will explore qualifications for bankruptcy, the claims allowance process, discharge, the automatic stay, as well as issues of procedure and jurisdiction. Further, state law issues of collection practice will be studied as they interact with the Code. (3 credits)
Faculty Who Teach This Course
- Honorable Jeffrey Deller (adjunct professor)
- Mark D. Yochum (Professor of Law)
Subject Covered Presently in Collection by:
Print Collection
KF899-KF900 Mechanics' Liens
KF1501-KF1548 Insolvency and Bankruptcy - Creditors' Rights
KFP155 Pennsylvania Mechanics' Liens
KFP176.L5 Pennsylvania Secured Transactions - Liens
KFP220-KFP226 Pennsylvania Insolvency and Bankruptcy - Creditors' Rights
Legal Research Databases
- Bloomberg BNA Online - BNA's Bankruptcy Law Reporter
- Bloomberg Law
- Hein Online - American Bankruptcy Law Journal, Emory Bankruptcy Development Journal, American Bankruptcy law Institute
- CCH Library - Intelliconnect - Bankruptcy
- Legal Scholarship Network
- Lexis Advance
- LoisLaw - Aspen Bankruptcy Treatises
- Westlaw Next
- Nolo Law for All - Bankruptcy Center - http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/bankruptcy/
- Bankruptcy (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/Bankruptcy
- Bankruptcy (FindLaw) - http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/03bankruptcy/index.html
- Bankruptcy Law: Chapters 7, 11, 13 (hg.org) - http://www.hg.org/bankrpt.html
- Bankruptcy (Lawyers.com) - http://bankruptcy.lawyers.com/
- Bankruptcy Law (Justia Virtual Chase) - http://virtualchase.justia.com/wiki/bankruptcy-law
- Bankruptcy Law Research Guide) (Georgetown Law Library) (note: this references their collection but has very good general research information on Bankruptcy Law) - http://www.law.georgetown.edu/library/research/guides/bankruptcy.cfm
- Bankruptcy Basics (U.S. Courts) - http://www.uscourts.gov/FederalCourts/Bankruptcy/BankruptcyBasics.aspx
- Financial Stability - US Dept. of Treasury - http://www.treasury.gov/initiatives/financial-stability/about/Pages/default.aspx
- National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA) - http://www.nacba.org/Home.aspx
- American Bankruptcy Institute - http://www.abiworld.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
- Bankrupt.com: Resources for Restructuring Professionals - http://bankrupt.com/
- "Straight" Bankruptcy: Chapter 7 (ABA) - http://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/resources/law_issues_for_consumers/bankruptcy7_eligible.html
- Chapter 13 Bankruptcy (ABA) - http://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/resources/law_issues_for_consumers/bankruptcy13.html
Pennsylvania Bankruptcy
- Pennsylvania State Bankruptcy Laws (Bankruptcy HQ) - http://www.bankruptcyhq.com/bankruptcy-state-bankruptcy-laws/pennsylvania
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania - http://www.pawb.uscourts.gov/
- Bankruptcy in Pennsylvania (Lawyers.com) - http://research.lawyers.com/Pennsylvania/Bankruptcy-in-Pennsylvania.html
Blogs
- Bankruptcy Prof Blog - http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/bankruptcyprof_blog/page/2/
- Bankruptcy & Restructuring Blog - http://www.bankruptcylawblog.com/
- Pittsburgh Bankruptcy Law Blog - http://www.bankruptcyattorneyspa.com/
DCLI Webpage Links
- Primary Legal Research: Case Law, Statutory Law, Administrative Law (contains quick links to our federal and state statutes, our federal and state administrative codes, and federal and state case law)
- Legal Research Guides: Commercial Law
Course Listed Under the following Law School Concentrations
- Business Law
- Civil Litigation
- Government & Public Interest Law
- Real Property and Estate Planning
Created by Patricia Horvath
2/6/2013