该系列是有关公司破产的第一本综合性读物。 它的主要目的是使用从法律，经济学，商业和金融中汲取的跨学科方法来探索公司重组的性质和效率。 所涵盖的实质性领域包括信贷的作用，债权人的隐性讨价还价，破产的非讨价还价特征，协议的执行，破产的替代方法以及在美国以外的国家（包括英国，欧洲和日本）进行的诉讼。

This collection is the first comprehensive selection of readings focusing on corporate bankruptcy. Its main purpose is to explore the nature and efficiency of corporate reorganisation using interdisciplinary approaches drawn from law, economics, business, and finance. Substantive areas covered include the role of credit, creditors' implicit bargains, non-bargaining features of bankruptcy, workouts of agreements, alternatives to bankruptcy, and proceedings in countries other than the United States, including the United Kingdom, Europe, and Japan.