The Law of Debtors and Creditors: Text, Cases, and Problems (Aspen Casebook)

Amazed by the prior reviews, I clicked each reviewers' public link to see if any of them might be associated with the publisher or the authors. Each review seems to be legitimate. I am left befuddled. Perhaps the reviews reflect the fact that competing texts on bankruptcy are even worse. G-d forbid.This text features many case excerpts. Sometimes a single case is split into multiple excerpts with instructional material sandwiched between the excerpts. There are silly, decorative lines meant to signal the switch between case and text material. Still, I find myself continually confused about the nature of my reading. I am forced to go back, look for the decorative cues, and try to figure out whether a particular portion is actually a part of a given case.A code book is necessary in a course of this type. Precious little attention is given to breaking the code down in this textbook. In fact, very little attention is given to the realities of filing any sort of bankruptcy. Sample forms are not included in the text. Students access them via the internet and a particular instructor may or may not dedicate any substantial time to them.I am posting this review after an extensive on-line search for a resource with which to teach myself bankruptcy. I am annoyed by the fact that the most recommended study aid is also offered by this publisher. But, of course, it is.

I was so excited to be using a casebook by Elizabeth Warren, but honestly, this is my least favorite casebook in four semesters of law school. My professor loves to teach by working through the problems in the book, but these problems leave so many ambiguities and are not straightforward at all. I'm a top student at a T1 law school, very interested in practicing in bankruptcy, and I could read the book section and code sections and still just have no clue about how to approach the problems before class. Maybe the problems are realistic in terms of what bankruptcy practice is like, but they have been a very frustrating way to try to learn.As others have said, the book also takes a lot of diversions and "humorous" asides. Meh.

I am happy with the book, but concerned about returning it at the end of the semester as the front is almost coming off. It arrived quickly otherwise and its plenty fine for my purposes.

I thought this book was hilarious. I actually really love bankruptcy after this class. It piqued my interest as someone with a background in business. I'm young and I really enjoyed the references that others might find cheesy. The writing style, small sections, and practice problems were great. Our professor utilized the problems in class so that was probably more helpful than having to do them on your own since you don't really get answers.

The authors brought a lot of humor into this book which made it quite enjoyable to read.

I purchased this book for my Bankruptcy Debtor/ Creditor class. I really like the book. The tone of the writers is humorous. I find the topic of bankruptcy law is very interesting through reading this book.

OMG this is a terrible text. If your prof assigned this book, beg her to choose again! The book is riddled with typos and the questions in the back of each chapter are so ambiguous multiple answers are possible depending on who reads the question. But of course the author didn't skimp on the snarky one-liners. I would have preferred a book that risked being more clinical and impersonal, yet maintained the appropriate attention to detail to make the concepts more understandable; this is a sorry attempt to amuse while flaking on important details. BOOOOOO

Made to order