Creditors' Rights, 4th ed.

Creditors' Rights By Alexander L. Paskay, Chief Bankruptcy Judge Emeritus

In Creditors' Rights, Revised Fourth Edition, Judge Alexander L. Paskay, chief U.S. bankruptcy judge emeritus of the U.S. Middle District of Florida and adjunct professor of law at Stetson University, updates his treatise on bankruptcy law to address recent amendments to the Bankruptcy Code. The dean of bankruptcy judges, Judge Paskay has presided over bankruptcy cases under two sets of bankruptcy laws, and has approximately 1,700 published cases to his name. On any issue of law that arises in a bankruptcy case, chances are Judge Paskay has considered and issued a well-thought, practical, and insightful ruling.

Judge Paskay is the author or co-author of numerous texts and treatises, including the 14th edition of Collier on Bankruptcy and Volume VI of Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice. Judge Paskay has served on the Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules and Practice, as well as a task force charged with the revision of the official bankruptcy forms. He has served as vice president and member of the board of directors of the American Bankruptcy Institute and is a fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy.

Creditors' Rights represents the distillation of Judge Paskay's extensive knowledge and practical insight to the laws of bankruptcy, updated to reflect the recent changes of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA). Beginning with a discussion of jurisdiction and powers of the Bankruptcy Court, Creditors' Rights considers the generally applicable provisions in the context of Ch. 7 liquidation cases, before continuing on to discussions of Ch. 11 reorganization and Ch. 13 individual adjustment of debt sections. The work gives the reader a complete landscape of bankruptcy jurisprudence, with detailed discussions of the code, rules, and cases, including updated citations. The book fleshes out the structure of the code with a comprehensive citation and discussion of relevant case law. Although Creditors' Rights offers insights to the most experienced practitioners through a detailed treatment of each section of the bankruptcy code and a thorough discussion of caselaw, the text also functions as a guide to the uninitiated, and begins with an introductory part covering terminology, historical context of previous bankruptcy law, jurisdiction of the bankruptcy courts, and the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure.

Creditors' Rights is a comprehensive and exhaustive treatise on bankruptcy law in the United States. Judge Paskay's text represents the knowledge of a man who has, during his career as a bankruptcy referee and judge, helped mold and create those laws.

Creditors' Rights sells for $129.95, and is published by Vandeplas Publishing, www.vandeplaspublishing.com.

Daniel Fogarty is an associate with Stichter, Riedel, Blain & Prosser in Tampa.