Section 2.1 Introduction

• Library: Bankruptcy Practice (2007 Ed. + 2015 Cum Supp)

I. (§2.1) Introduction

“Bankruptcy is one of those words, like ‘war,’ that you heard all your life and think you finally understood until you actually became involved in the process the word was intended to identify.”
Jerome Weidman, Fourth Street East 219 (Random House 1970).

The purpose of this chapter is to give attorneys who occasionally practice bankruptcy law, and attorneys new to the practice of bankruptcy law, a quick, broad introduction to basic jurisdiction and procedure concepts, as well...