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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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ
appointedBy United States Congress ⓘ
federal officials designated by statute ⓘ
composedOf bankruptcy practitioners ⓘ
judges ⓘ
legal scholars ⓘ
public representatives ⓘ
country 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 ⓘ
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 federal government ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legislativeBodyThatCreated United States Congress ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
operatesInTheFieldOf commercial law ⓘ
federal judiciary policy ⓘ
partOf 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 ⓘ