Bankruptcy in United States History

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An amplification of lectures delivered in 1934 at Northwestern University Law School. Covers debates on bankruptcy and the passage of stay-laws by state legislatures, the history of economic depressions from 1793 to 1935, legislative adjustments of the relations between debtor and creditor, and the expansion of bankruptcy power. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Book Description
An informative look at the historical and constitutional development of bankruptcy laws.

From the Publisher
Of great interest to bankruptcy attorneys and students of economics and history, this book contains amplifications of lectures given by the author at the Law School of Northwestern University. The author observes that periods of financial crisis and depression are accompanied by pressure on the Congress for bankruptcy legislation. The author explores the expansive possibilities of the Bankruptcy Clause of the Constitution as one of the more interesting features of the Constitution. Covered are the periods of 1789 to 1827, when relief was demanded only in the interest of the creditor; 1827 to 1861, when demanded only in the interest of the debtor; and 1861 to 1935, when demanded for the national interest in general.

About the Author
WARREN, Charles, lawyer; b. Boston, Mass,, Mar. 9 1869; s. Hon. Winslow and Mary Lincoln (Tinkham) W.; A.B., Harvard U., 1889, A.M., 1892; Student at Harvard Law School, 1889-92; LL.D., Columbia. U., 1933; m. Annie Louise, d. William Henry Bliss. Jan. 6. 1904. Admitted to bar, 1892. and practiced at Boston; assoc. in practice with Moorfield Storey, 1892-93; Pvt. sec. to Gov. William E. Russell, 1893; asso. in law practice with Gov. Russell until the death of the latter in 1896; sr. mem. Warren & Perry, Boston, 1897-1914. Chmn. Mass. Civil Service Commn., 1905-11; assistant attorney general of the United States, Washington, 1914-18; apptd. spl. master by U.S. Supreme Court in case of New Mexico vs. Texas, 1924, United States vs. Utah, 1929, Texas vs. New Mexico, 1936, Stafford Little lecturer, Princeton, 1924; Cutler lecturer on Constitution, U of Rochester, April 1927; Bacon lecturer on same, Boston U. Law School, Feb. 1928; James Schouler lecturer on history, Johns Hopkins, 1928; William H. White lecturer on jurisprudence, Univ. of Va., Jan. I932; Julius Rosenthal Foundation lecturer on law, Northwestern U. Law School, Nov. 1934; Norman Wilt Harris lecturer on neutrality, U. of Chicago, 1936; Frank Irvine lecturer, Cornell U., 1937: Cutler lecturer on Constitution. College of William and Mary, 1940. Appointed by President Roosevelt as Am. mem. Trail Smelter Arbitral Tribunal, 1937 (final decision filed 1941), Am. Mem Conciliation Internal. Com. under Treaty between U.S. and Hungary; mem. President's War Relief Control Bd., 1943-46. Member Board of Overseers, Harvard Coll., 1934-40; pres. Harvard Alumni Assn., 1941-42; trustee N.E. Conservatory of Music. Mem. Mass. Hist. Soc., Am. Soc. Internat. Law (hon. v.p.), Nat. Inst. of Arts and Letters (1925), Am. Acad. Arts and Letters (1937), Am. Philos. Soc. (1939); mem. com. management Dictionary of American Biography. Clubs: Metropolitan, Cosmos (Washington, D.C.); Harvard, Saint Botolph (Boston); Century, Harvard (New York) . Author: The Girl and the Governor, 1902; .History of the Harvard Law School and Early Legal Conditions In America (3 vols.) , 1909; History of the American Bar, Colonial and Federal, to 1860, 1911; The Supreme Court in United States History (3 vols.), 1922: awarded Pulitzer Prize ($2,000), 1923, for best book on American history Pub. in 1922, new edit., 2 vols., 1926; The Supreme Court and Sovereign States, 1924; Congress, the Constitution and the Supreme Court, 1925, enlarged edit., 1935: The Making of the Constitution, 1928, 2d edit., 1937; Jacobin and Junto, 1931; Congress as Santa Claus- The General Welfare Clause, 1932; Bankruptcy in United States History. 1935; Odd Byways in American History, 1942. Class sec. Harvard class of 1889. Home: 1527 18th St. N.W., Washington. Died Aug. 16, 1954; buried Vine Hills Cemetery, Plymouth, Mass.


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An amplification of lectures delivered in 1934 at Northwestern University Law School. Covers debates on bankruptcy and the passage of stay-laws by state legislatures, the history of economic depressions from 1793 to 1935, legislative adjustments of the relations between debtor and creditor, and the expansion of bankruptcy power. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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