Cases in Bankruptcy containing Reports of Cases decided by Lord Chancellor ELDON and by Vice Chancellor Sir John LEACH from Michaelmas Term 1821, to the Sittings before Michaelmas Term 1824 an a DIGEST of all the contemporary Cases relating to the Bankrupt Laws in the other Courts.

GLYN, Thomas C., Esq. of Lincoln`s Inn, Barrister at Law, and Commissioner of Bankrupts, and Robert S. JAMESON, Esq. of the Middle Temple, Barrister at Law,

Edité par London, Printed by A. Strahan for Henry Butterworth, 1824-1828., 1828

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Vol. I. (.II.) Oktav. (I:) XV, 488 S.; (II:) XVI, 466 S. 2 zeitgenössische, hellbraune Kalbslederbände mit fünf erhabenen Bünden. P.5000. n Ancient Greece, bankruptcy did not exist. If a man owed and he could not pay, he and his wife, children or servants were forced into "debt slavery" until the creditor recouped losses through their physical labour. Many city-states in ancient Greece limited debt slavery to a period of five years; debt slaves had protection of life and limb, which regular slaves did not have. However, servants of the debtor could be retained beyond that deadline by the creditor and were often forced to serve their new lord for a lifetime, usually under significantly harsher conditions. An exception to this rule was Athens, which by the laws of Solon forbade enslavement for debt; as a consequence, most Athenian slaves were foreigners (Greek or otherwise). The Statute of Bankrupts of 1542 was the first statute under English law dealing with bankruptcy or insolvency.[3] Bankruptcy is also documented in East Asia. According to al-Maqrizi, the Yassa of Genghis Khan contained a provision that mandated the death penalty for anyone who became bankrupt three times. A failure of a nation to meet bond repayments has been seen on many occasions. In a similar way, Philip II of Spain had to declare four state bankruptcies in 1557, 1560, 1575 and 1596. According to Kenneth S. Rogoff, "Although the development of international capital markets was quite limited prior to 1800, we nevertheless catalog the various defaults of France, Portugal, Prussia, Spain, and the early Italian city-states. At the edge of Europe, Egypt, Russia, and Turkey have histories of chronic default as well."[4] The principal focus of modern insolvency legislation and business debt restructuring practices no longer rests on the elimination of insolvent entities, but on the remodeling of the financial and organizational structure of debtors experiencing financial distress so as to permit the rehabilitation and continuation of the business.

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• Titre: Cases in Bankruptcy containing Reports of Cases decided by Lord Chancellor ELDON and by Vice Chancellor Sir John LEACH from Michaelmas Term 1821, to the Sittings before Michaelmas Term 1824 an a DIGEST of all the contemporary Cases relating to the Bankrupt Laws in the other Courts.
• Éditeur: London, Printed by A. Strahan for Henry Butterworth, 1824-1828.
• Date de parution: 1828
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