State laws, court splits, local practice make consumer bankruptcy anything but “uniform”
The Bankruptcy Clause allows Congress to establish “uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States.” Pursuant to this authority, the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §101 et seq., governs consumer bankruptcy in the U.S. As a federal statute, it might be expected that the Code wou...
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