Two nonfiction books question the efficacy of financial systems that are meant to help lift people out of poverty. In Unjust Debts, law professor Melissa Jacoby argues that bankruptcy in the United St...

Bankruptcy law is not an area that most lawyers or law professors, much less the public, usually think about. Like death or taxes, we avoid worrying about such things until they stand at the gate. But...

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Anat R. Admati reviews Unjust Debts: How Our Bankruptcy System Makes America More Unequal (2024) by Melissa B. Jacoby.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust will hold a hearing on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. ET.

How U.S. bankruptcy law deepens inequality—Melissa Jacoby’s Unjust Debts exposes a system that punishes the vulnerable and protects the powerful.

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What are the broader implications of specialized bankruptcy courts on the U.S. legal system? How are bankruptcies being used and misused by debtors and creditors today?Melissa B. Jacoby is a profes...

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Introduction Who’s afraid of a bankruptcy filing? Perhaps we all should be given the increasingly outsized role that bankruptcy law plays in our market...

Widener University Commonwealth Law School will hold an event honoring Professor Juliet Moringiello on March 20, 2025 at 1pm ET. Friends and fans of Juliet are welcome and encouraged to join virtually...

Juliet Moringiello was an amazing person. Her alchemy of brain and spirit and energy and heart and common sense made a positive difference for so many people, across disparate places and professions. ...

Please join the Solomon Center for a discussion with Professor Melissa Jacoby as she discusses her book "Unjust Debts."

Listen to the audiobook Unjust Debts, written by Melissa B. Jacoby, narrated by Jennifer Walden.

Brady Williamson, a remarkable person, has died at the age of 79. Brady's engagement with the field of bankruptcy law is diverse and of long standing, from arguing before the United States Supreme Cou...

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