The Yale Law Journal

Vincent S.J. Buccola

Review

Unwritten Law and the Odd Ones Out

Vincent S.J. Buccola

In a new book, Douglas Baird argues that the values of reorganization professionals, more than statute or case law, define the norms of corporate bankruptcy. This Book Review shows how rule-by-reorganizers can explain Chapter 11's troubling tendency to disregard the interests of legacy creditors.