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[chen12]

I have to research and write a thesis on a bankruptcy topic for a law school class and am trying to decide a good topic. It has to be a thesis, not a book report-type paper, so don't suggest I write about the GM bankruptcy or something. I am looking for a issue that is current, preferably within a year or so, but at least post-BAPCPA, that is still not resolved or at least has inconsistent court opinions or is a piece of legislation in the works. I'd like to stick with issues concerning either chapters 7, 11, or 13. Any links to articles or other materials you have seen that discuss the topic you suggest would be great too. Thanks for the help!

[macquaid35]

I am a law student as well and the only bankruptcy issues I have ran across (clerking at a legal aid clinic) was the tension between domestic judgements, specifically judgements of divorce, and the filing of bankruptcy. For example, in one of the cases the judgement stated wife was to take the car and husband to hold her harmless, the car was titled in wife's name and husband filed for bankruptcy. Not sure if this would help just throwing it out there. Good luck on your paper I know how brutal they can be.

[doran]

You are coming here for that? You must be desperate.

Since this is a thesis you must make an assertion and then support it. Correct?

Since it is law school, the thesis must pertain to how bankruptcy law works?

Well...here is what I've pulled off the top of my head.

The economic purpose of bankruptcy is to allow people to start businesses and take economic risks without fear of losing everything they own and without fear of having to spend years if not decades repaying old debts. Would you start a business if you stand to risk all of your assets and you'd be stuck paying back business debts for a protracted period of time? The answer is, you may not.

So, do bankruptcy laws do what it what they were intended to do?