I. BUSINESS BANKRUPTCY TUTORIALS AND TIPS

This chapter covers very useful tutorials and tips, some of them are very detailed:

• A Brief History of Bankruptcy in the U.S.
• Seeing the Forest and the Trees: The Proper Role of the Bankruptcy Attorney - Detailed Tutorial
• Frequently Asked Business Valuation Questions - With Answers
• Expanding the Scope of the Authority of a Litigation Trustee ("..Chapter 11 Debtors and Creditors' Committees, in an attempt both to increase the amount of money available for payment of creditors' claims and to control litigation have resorted more and more to the use of Section 1123(b)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code..")
• When a Customer files Bankruptcy - Write-Off is not your only Remedy ("..Bankruptcy filings have not noticeably declined despite the economic recovery of the Reagan years. Businesses continue to receive notices that their customers have filed bankruptcy. Many of them are writing off significant losses each year as a result. Despite the frequent use of bankruptcy by debtors, many business owners and managers have little or no idea of the post-bankruptcy remedies available to them..")
• Bankruptcy Secrets - How to Win the Bankruptcy Game (Article)
• Bankruptcy and a fresh start: stigma on failure and legal consequences of bankruptcy (Detailed. PDF, 70 p., Austria)
• Protection for Whom? Creditor Conflict and Bankruptcy (PDF: "...In the absence of a bankruptcy law, the private debt-collection remedies that creditors pursue when a debtor is insolvent result in an ad hoc disposal of the debtor’s assets, and thereby reduce aggregate value of creditors’ claims. Ex ante, coordination clauses can be written into loan agreements to effect ex post coordination. We show that..." - Detailed)
• What if I do file? The Costs. The Bottom Line on Bankruptcy.
• Landlords’ Rights in Bankruptcy (Article)
• Bankruptcy - Finding life after filing bankruptcy. Learning to save, paying cash and tracking spending habits are key, financial experts say (Article)
• When To File For Bankruptcy - Divorce and Bankruptcy Filing
• and more...

II. BANKRUPTCY FAQ'S

A FAQ's provides a quick overview about important issues. Here are some related to bankruptcy:

• 16 Questions You Should Ask If You're Facing Debt Problems. (A Bankruptcy FAQ)
• Frequently Asked Bankruptcy Questions (Detailed)
• Consumer Bankruptcy (FAQ; UK)
• and more...

III. BANKRUPTCY LAWS

Bankruptcy proceedings have to follow the laws. Here are the exact wordings but also related overviews:

• America's Bankruptcy Courts (File Personal Bankruptcy - Chapter 7 - Chapter 11 & 13. - Detailed Introduction)
• General Information On Bankruptcy ("..On this page, you will find general information about bankruptcy, including a discussion of the difference between state and federal courts, the difference between Chapters 7, 11, 12, and 13, and a discussion of the bankruptcy courts and filing procedures. At the bottom of the page, you may link to more specific information on each of the various types of bankruptcies..")
• US Code Collection: Title 11 - Bankruptcy (Chapter 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11-13. Detailed)
• General Bankruptcy Information and Bankruptcy Forms (North Dakota - Detailed, including filing and admin fees schedules)
• A to Z of the Law of Scotland - INSOLVENCY & BANKRUPTCY
• Law On Business Bankruptcy (The Socialist Republic Of Vietnam)
• Directory of International Bankruptcy Laws (in English) on the Internet
• World Internet Insolvency & Bankruptcy Resources - Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law
• and more...

IV. BANKRUPTCY RELATED SERVICES

Want to find out how and were to file for bankruptcy or to make a search on the subject? Here are some useful sites:

• Bankruptcy Courts By State
• Bankruptcy Search [$] ("..The form below performs a search of Major Bankruptcy since 1986...")
• Statewide Bankruptcy Filings By Name [$] ("..search is designed to provide as much information as is available on a bankruptcy based on a specified name and state. This search is optimally ordered when it is necessary to know whether an individual has filed bankruptcy..")
• Individual Insolvency Register (UK)
• Insolvency Databases and Legal Notices (UK - Free Service)
• Official Bankruptcy Form (US)
• Administrative Office and Federal Judicial Center (Index)
• and more...

V. BANKRUPTCY STATISTICS AND STUDIES

No matter what: Statistics are required by many. Below are some links to them:

• U.S. Bankruptcy Filing Statistics
• WebBRD ("..is the most powerful business bankruptcy research tool on the web. WebBRD enables you to design and instantly execute an empirical study of large, public company bankruptcy cases in seconds -- in the most complete, accurate data available anywhere. WebBRD is a byproduct of my empirical research on large, public company bankruptcies...")
• and more...