Debt's Dominion: A History of Bankruptcy Law in America. By David A. Skeel, Jr. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001. Pp. xi. 281. $35.00.
本书将破产法比作市场经济的细菌，解释其如何分解失败企业、重组有用部分并清理残余，适合对法律与经济交叉领域感兴趣的读者。
Bankruptcy law is the bacteria of the market economy. When a company dies, bankruptcy law figures out how to break down what remains, bring the productive parts back to life, and dispose of the rest. Some consider the market economy a jungle; bankruptcy law simply helps clear the jungle floor.