LibGuides: Bankruptcy Law: Secondary Sources

Tools of the Trade

These resources are those used most frequently by practitioners and bankruptcy researchers. When a bankruptcy attorney has a question, this is where they look.

Collier on Bankruptcy
Collier on Bankruptcy is the preeminent treatise in the bankruptcy field.
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Collier Bankruptcy Practice Guide
This guide combines legal analysis with practical procedural and strategic advice, practice aids such as checklists, and the relevant primary source material of all the local bankruptcy rules of practice for all the bankruptcy courts in a single all-inclusive guide or as a supplement to the Collier on Bankruptcy.
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Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice 3d
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Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice contains detailed analysis of the bankruptcy code organized by code section.
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Bankruptcy Desk Guide
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Bankruptcy Desk Guide provides a comprehensive and accurate, yet concise and easy to understand analysis of practice issues in all types of bankruptcy cases. New to this database with the September 2009 update is the addition of the Bankruptcy Forms Guide material.
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Ginsberg & Martin on Bankruptcy
A practitioner's guide to bankruptcy law, including more than 400 sample forms.
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Journals

Both Lexis, Westlaw, and Google Scholar allow specific searched for journal articles. Once you have a topic and are looking for specific articles on topics, law journals are an excellent place to look. While not exhaustive, look for articles published in the bankruptcy specific journals below. Note that these journals are available in both Lexis and Westlaw and sources in these journals will appear in a general law journal search.

LegalTrac
Select "Browse Subjects" at the top of the screen and search "bankruptcy" to find subject tags related to bankruptcy.
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American Bankruptcy Institute Journal
American Bankruptcy Law Journal
Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal
Ebscohost Databases

Bankruptcy Forms

Westlaw - Bankruptcy Forms
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Lexis Advance - Forms from Collier on Bankruptcy
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Lexis Advance - Forms from Collier Bankruptcy Practice Guide
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U.S. Courts - Bankruptcy Forms
Includes official and procedural forms for bankruptcy cases.

Bankruptcy Statistics

U.S. Courts: Bankruptcy Statistics
Official bankruptcy statistics from the United States Administrative Office of the Courts.
American Bankruptcy Institute Interactive Charts
Using data published by the Administrative Office of the Courts, these interactive charts allow users to easily compare bankruptcy filing statistics across states, circuits, districts, and time.