Commission on the Bankruptcy Laws of the United States

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The Commission on the Bankruptcy Laws of the United States was a federal advisory body established by Congress in the late 1960s to study and recommend comprehensive reforms to the nation’s bankruptcy system.

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instanceOf United States government commission
federal advisory commission
analyzedAspectOfLaw debtor-creditor relations
liquidation procedures
reorganization procedures
treatment of secured and unsecured creditors
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
appointedBy United States Congress
federal officials designated by statute
composedOf bankruptcy practitioners
judges
legal scholars
public representatives
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolvedAfterAccomplishing submission of its recommendations to Congress
fieldOfWork bankruptcy law
federal legislation
insolvency law
hasEnglishName Commission on the Bankruptcy Laws of the United States self-link
hasLegalForm temporary advisory commission
hasOutput final report to the United States Congress
recommendations for reform of federal bankruptcy law
hasTask analyze effectiveness of bankruptcy procedures
prepare a comprehensive report to Congress on bankruptcy reform
propose revisions to modernize bankruptcy law
review existing federal bankruptcy statutes
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
languageOfWorkOrName English
legislativeBodyThatCreated United States Congress
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Washington, D.C.
operatesInTheFieldOf commercial law
federal judiciary policy
partOf United States bankruptcy law
surface form: United States federal bankruptcy reform process
purpose recommend comprehensive reforms to the United States bankruptcy system
study the bankruptcy laws of the United States
reasonForCreation need for comprehensive modernization of bankruptcy procedures
perceived inadequacies in existing bankruptcy statutes
startTime late 1960s
subjectOf United States bankruptcy law reform debates
typeOfJurisdictionAnalyzed corporate bankruptcy
individual bankruptcy
usedMethod comparative analysis of foreign bankruptcy systems
empirical study of bankruptcy practice
public hearings and testimony

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Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 influencedBy Commission on the Bankruptcy Laws of the United States
Commission on the Bankruptcy Laws of the United States hasEnglishName Commission on the Bankruptcy Laws of the United States self-link