Westbrook, Jay Lawrence
Benno C. Schmidt Chair in Business LawBooks
THE LAW OF DEBTORS AND CREDITORS:TEXT,CASES AND PROBLEMS (New York: Aspen, 5th ed. 2005, 4th ed. 2001; Boston: Little, Brown, 3rd ed. 1996; 2nd ed. 1991; 1st ed. 1986; Supplement 1990) (with Elizabeth Warren).
COMPREHENSIVE COMMERCIAL LAW:STATUTORY SUPPLEMENT (New York: Aspen Law & Business, 2003) (with Ronald J. Mann & Elizabeth Warren).
TRANSNATIONAL INSOLVENCY:COOPERATION AMONG THE NAFTACOUNTRIES: INTERNATIONAL STATEMENT OF UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY LAW (Philadelphia: American Law Institute, 2003) (U.S. Reporter).
TRANSNATIONAL INSOLVENCY:COOPERATION AMONG THE NAFTACOUNTRIES: PRINCIPLES OF COOPERATION AMONG THE NAFTACOUNTRIES (Philadelphia: American Law Institute, 2003) (U.S. Reporter).
THE FRAGILE MIDDLE CLASS:AMERICANS IN DEBT (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000) (with Teresa A. Sullivan & Elizabeth Warren).
AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS (New York: Oxford University Press, 1989) (with Teresa Sullivan & Elizabeth Warren).
CONSUMER CHOICES IN BANKRUPTCY:STATUTORY INTENTIONS AND STATUTORY
CONSEQUENCES (National Science Foundation funded proposal SES-8310173, 1983) (with Teresa Sullivan & Elizabeth Warren).
Articles
Locating the Eye of the Financial Storm [Symposium: Bankruptcy in the Global Village the Second Decade], 32 BROOKLYN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 1019 (2007).
Avoidance of Pre-Bankruptcy Transactions in Multinational Bankruptcy Cases
[Changing Law for Changing Times: The Thirteenth Biennial Meeting of the International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law], 42 TEXAS
INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 899 (2007).
Less Stigma or More Financial Distress: An Empirical Analysis of the Extraordinary Increase in Bankruptcy Filings, 59 STANFORD LAW REVIEW 213 (2006) (with
Chapter 15 and Discharge, 13 AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY INSTITUTE LAW REVIEW 503 (2005).
Chapter 15 at Last, 79 AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY LAW JOURNAL 713 (2005).
Contracting Out of Bankruptcy: An Empirical Intervention, 118 HARVARD LAW REVIEW
1197 (2005) (with Elizabeth Warren).
Universalism and Choice of Law, 23 PENN STATE INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 625 (2005).
Examining the Examiner, AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY INSTITUTE JOURNAL, May 2005, at 34 (with Elizabeth Warren).
It’s My Corporation, AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY INSTITUTE JOURNAL, Mar. 2005, at 48 (with Elizabeth Warren).
Bankruptcy Control of the Recovery Process, 12 AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY INSTITUTE
LAW REVIEW 245 (2004).
The Control of Wealth in Bankruptcy, 82 TEXAS LAW REVIEW 795 (2004).
The Duty to Seek Cooperation in Multinational Insolvency Cases, 2004 ANNUAL
REVIEW OF INSOLVENCY LAW 187 [Canada].
Selling the Trustee’s Powers, AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY INSTITUTE JOURNAL, Sept. 2004, at 32 (with Elizabeth Warren).
Remembering Chapter 7, AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY INSTITUTE JOURNAL, May 2004, at 22.
Pinning the Tail on the Lenders, AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY INSTITUTE JOURNAL, Apr. 2004, at 38 (with Elizabeth Warren).
A Little Peripheral Vision, AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY INSTITUTE JOURNAL, Feb. 2004, at 26 (with Elizabeth Warren).
International Judicial Negotiation, 38 TEXAS INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 567 (2003).
Empirical Research in Consumer Bankruptcy [Symposium: The Impact of Civil Justice on the American Economy & Polity], 80 TEXAS LAW REVIEW 2123 (2002).
[Reprinted in 12 JOURNAL OF BANKRUPTCY LAW &PRACTICE 3 (2003).]
Settling into Bankruptcy, AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY INSTITUTE JOURNAL, May 2003, at 16 (with Elizabeth Warren).
Class Actions for Post-petition Wrongs: National Relief Against National Creditors, ABI JOURNAL, Mar. 2003, at 14 (with Elizabeth Warren).
Multinational Enterprises in General Default: Chapter 15, the ALI Principles, and the EU Insolvency Regulation, 76 AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY LAW JOURNAL 1 (2002).
Setting Global Standards for Cross-Border Insolvency, INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL
Japan’s New Cross-Border Insolvency Law, 1112 KINYU SHOJI 86 (2001). [In Japanese.]
The Transnational Insolvency Project of the American Law Institute, 17 CONNECTICUT
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 99 (2001).
International Bankruptcy Approaches Chapter 15, NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL, Aug. 23, 2001, at 1.
Une prospérité précaire: Sur les situations financières critiques dans la classe moyenne, 138 ACTES DE LA RECHERCHE EN SCIENCES SOCIALES 19 (2001) (with Teresa A. Sullivan & Elizabeth Warren).
Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt, TOMPAINE.COMMON SENSE, Feb. 27, 2001, <http://www.tompaine.com/features/2001/02/27/3.html>.
A Global Solution to Multinational Default, 98 MICHIGAN LAW REVIEW 2276 (2000). <http://papers.ssrn.com/paper.taf?abstract_id=259960>
Explaining Why the Middle Class Is Prone to Bankruptcy, CHRONICLE OF HIGHER
EDUCATION, Sept. 22, 2000, at A20 (interview by D.W. Miller).
Comparative Empiricism, 37 OSGOODE HALL LAW JOURNAL 143 (1999).
Financial Characteristics of Businesses in Bankruptcy, 73 AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY
LAW JOURNAL 499 (1999) (with Elizabeth Warren).
<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?cfid=193929&cftoken=7306554 7&per_id=194993>
The Globalization of Insolvency Reform, 1999 NEW ZEALAND LAW REVIEW 401.
Modeling International Bankruptcy, 1998-1999 ANNUAL SURVEY OF BANKRUPTCY
LAW 465.
Local Legal Culture and the Fear of Abuse, 6 AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY INSTITUTE LAW
REVIEW 25 (1998).
Pierre Loiseaux: A Master Teacher, 32 U.C.DAVIS LAW REVIEW 15 (1998).
Universal Priorities [Symposium on International Bankruptcy Law], 33 TEXAS
INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 27 (1998).
From Golden Years to Bankrupt Years, NORTON BANKRUPTCY LAW ADVISER, July 1998, at 1 (with Teresa A. Sullivan & Elizabeth Warren).
The American Law Institute NAFTA Insolvency Project, 23 BROOKLYN JOURNAL OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW 7 (1997) (with Jacob S. Ziegel).
The Commission’s Recommendations Concerning the Treatment of Bankruptcy Contracts, 5 AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY INSTITUTE LAW REVIEW 463 (1997).
Consumer Bankruptcy in the United States: A Study of Alleged Abuse and of Local Legal Culture, 20 JOURNAL OF CONSUMER POLICY 223 (Netherlands 1997) (co-author).
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law: Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: Introductory Note, 36 INTERNATIONAL LEGAL MATERIALS 1386 (1997) (with Harold Burman).
Creating International Insolvency Law, 70 AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY LAW JOURNAL 563 (1996).
International Developments in Commercial Law and in Civil Procedure and Arbitration, 46 JOURNAL OF LEGAL EDUCATION 579 (1996).
The Lessons of Maxwell Communications, 64 FORDHAM LAW REVIEW 2531 (1996).
Developments in Transnational Bankruptcy, 39 SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY LAW
JOURNAL 745 (1995).
Consumer Debtors Ten Years Later: A Financial Comparison of Consumer Bankrupts 1981-1991, 68 AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY LAW JOURNAL 121 (1994) (with Teresa Sullivan & Elizabeth Warren).
The Persistence of Local Legal Culture: Twenty Years of Evidence from the Federal Bankruptcy Courts, 17 HARVARD JOURNAL OF LAW &PUBLIC POLICY 801 (1994) (with Teresa Sullivan & Elizabeth Warren).
Searching for Reorganization Realities, 72 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW
QUARTERLY 1257 (1994) (with Elizabeth Warren).
Clear Thinking About Insider Preferences: A Reply,77MINNESOTA LAW REVIEW 1393 (1993).
Fees and Inherent Conflicts of Interest, 1 AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY INSTITUTE LAW
REVIEW 287 (1993).
Four Models for International Bankruptcy, 41 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE
LAW 573 (1993) (with Donald T. Trautman and Emmanuel Gaillard).
A Comparative Empirical Research Agenda in Consumer Bankruptcy, 21 CANADIAN
BUSINESS LAW JOURNAL 30 (1992).
Think Again Before Scuttling Chapter 11, NEW YORK TIMES, Apr. 12, 1992, § 3 (Forum), at 6.
What We Really Said About Chapter Thirteen, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHAPTER
THIRTEEN TRUSTEES QUARTERLY, Apr. 1992, at 18 (with Teresa Sullivan & Elizabeth Warren).
Choice of Avoidance Law in Global Insolvencies,17BROOKLYN JOURNAL OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW 499(1991).
Theory and Pragmatism in Global Insolvencies: Choice of Law and Choice of Forum,65 AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY JOURNAL 457(1991).
A Comparison of Bankruptcy Reorganization in the US With the Administrative Procedure in the UK, 1990 INSOLVENCY LAW &PRACTICE 86.
Extraterritoriality, Conflicts of Laws, and Transnational Regulation of Business, 25 TEXAS INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 71 (1990). [Essay reviewing International Business and National Jurisdictions, by A. D. Neale & Mel L. Stephens.]
A Functional Analysis of Executory Contracts, 74 MINNESOTA LAW REVIEW 227 (1989).
In Memoriam: Michael P. Rosenthal, 68 TEXAS LAW REVIEW i (preceeding page 1) (1989).
Law, Models, and Real People: Choice of Chapter in Personal Bankruptcy, 13 LAW & SOCIAL INQUIRY 661 (1988) (with Teresa Sullivan & Elizabeth Warren).
The World of Bankruptcy, 11 DISCOVERY 4 (1988).
U.S. Fights Bankruptcy “Grab” Alone, WALL STREET JOURNAL, Jan. 29, 1988, at 10.
The Use of Empirical Data in Formulating Bankruptcy Policy, 50 LAW &
CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS 195 (1987) (with Teresa Sullivan & Elizabeth Warren).
Chapter 11 Offers Safety Net for Texaco, LEGAL TIMES, Apr. 20, 1987, at 12.
Folklore and Facts: a Preliminary Report From the Consumer Bankruptcy Project, 60 AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY LAW JOURNAL 292 (1986) (with Teresa Sullivan & Elizabeth Warren).
Bhopal Symposium: Theories of Parent Company Liability and the Prospects for an International Settlement, 20 TEXAS INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 321 (1985).
Glitch: UCC 9-402(7) and the UCC Revision Process, 52 GEORGETOWN LAW JOURNAL
408 (1984). [Excerpt reprinted in COMMERCIAL LAW TEACHING MATERIALS 123 (Speidel, Summers & White eds.; 4th ed. 1987).]
Rejoinder: Limiting Access to Bankruptcy Discharge, 1984 WISCONSIN LAW REVIEW
1087(with Teresa Sullivan & Elizabeth Warren).
The Coming Encounter: International Arbitration and Bankruptcy, 67 MINNESOTA LAW
REVIEW 595 (1983).
Limiting Access to the Bankruptcy Discharge: An Analysis of the Creditors’ Data, 1983 WISCONSIN LAW REVIEW 1091 (with Teresa Sullivan & Elizabeth Warren).
Flower’s Approval Crucial for Braniff, DALLAS MORNING NEWS, Feb. 13, 1983.
Reviews
Multinational Financial Distress: The Last Hurrah of Territorialism, 41 TEXAS
INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 321 (2006) (reviewing Courting Failure: How Competition for Big Cases Is Corrupting the Bankruptcy Courts, by Lynn M. LoPucki).
Comparative Insolvency Law, 28TEXAS INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 675(1993) (reviewing A Practitioner’s Guide to European Corporate Insolvency Law, by Harry Rajak).
Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy, by Patrick A. Murphy, 43 TEXAS BAR JOURNAL 715 (1980).
Contributions
Who Uses Chapter 13?, in CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 269 (J. Niemi-Kiesiläinen et al. eds.; Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2003) (with Teresa Sullivan & Elizabeth Warren).
Managing Defaulting Multinationals within NAFTA, Ch. 30 in FOUNDATIONS AND
PERSPECTIVES OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW (I. Fletcher, L. Mistelis & M. Cremona eds.; London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2001).
Systemic Corporate Distress: A Legal Perspective, in RESOLUTION OF FINANCIAL
DISTRESS:AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE DESIGN OF BANKRUPTCY
LAWS 47 (S. Claessens, S. Djankov, & A. Mody eds.; Washington, D.C.: World Bank Institute, 2001).
<http://www.worldbank.org/research/interest/confs/past/june1718/sydissum.htm>
Universal Participation in Transnational Insolvencies, in MAKING COMMERCIAL LAW: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF ROY GOODE 419 (New York: Clarendon Press, 1997).
Recent Developments in Bankruptcy, in 2ndd through 15th ANNUAL BANKRUPTCY
CONFERENCE (Austin: The University of Texas at Austin School of Law, 1984-97).
Transnational Bankruptcy, in THE DEVELOPMENT OF BANKRUPTCY &
REORGANIZATION LAW IN THE COURTS OF THE SECOND CIRCUIT OF THE UNITED
STATES 239 (New York: Matthew Bender, 1995).
A Comparison of Bankruptcy Reorganisation in the US With the Administration
Procedure in the UK, Chapter 2 in CURRENT ISSUES IN CROSS-BORDER INSOLVENCY AND REORGANISATIONS (E. Bruce Leonard & Christopher Besant eds.; Boston:
Graham & Trotman, 1994).
Conflict of Laws Issues in International Insolvencies, in CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN
INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE CORPORATE INSOLVENCY LAW 655 (Jacob S. Ziegel ed.; Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994) (with Donald T. Trautman).
Chapter 11 Reorganization, in PROCEEDINGS OF THE SYMPOSIUM ON INSOLVENCY
(Istanbul: Marmura University, 1993).
Chapter 11 Reorganization in the United States, Chapter 21 in INSOLVENCY LAW:
THEORY AND PRACTICE 347-367 (Harry Rajak ed.; London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1993).
Contract Issues in International Insolvencies, in INSOLVENCY AND FINANCE IN THE
Cross-Border Bankruptcy: United States Report, in THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CIVIL JUSTICE IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION,TOKYO,AUGUST 1992:
COLLECTED REPORTS 281 (1993).
Global Insolvencies in a World of Nation States, chapter in CURRENT ISSUES IN
INSOLVENCY LAW (London, 1991).
An Overview of Valuation in Bankruptcy, in ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON VALUATION OF
ASSETS (Austin: University of Texas School of Law, Continuing Legal Education Program, 1990, 1989, and 1988).
Bankruptcy, in MORTGAGE LENDING INSTITUTE (Austin: University of Texas School of Law, 1989; 1987; 1986; 1985).
Are Consumer Bankrupts Economic Maximizers? (Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, June 1988).
Transnational Bankruptcy, in THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON JOINT ENERGY
CONFERENCE (London, 1987).
Basic Bankruptcy, in TULANE BANKRUPTCY CONFERENCE (New Orleans: Tulane University, 1986).
Recent Developments in Bankruptcy, in ADVANCED CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY COURSE
(Austin: State Bar of Texas, Professional Development Program, 1986).
Bankruptcy Judges and Bankruptcy Lawyers, in PROCEEDINGS OF THE 79TH ANNUAL
MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION,SAN ANTONIO,TEXAS, AUG.27,1984 (Washington, DC: The American Sociological Association).
American Consumer Bankruptcy Law, in PROCEEDINGS OF THE 78TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION,DETROIT,MICHIGAN,SEPTEMBER
