{"product_id":"trustees-at-work-9780774861410","title":"Trustees at Work","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMortgages, student loans, credit cards: debt is a ubiquitous component of daily life in Canada. But our attitudes toward debt, and the people who incur it, are complex. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrustees at Work\u003c\/em\u003e explores the role bankruptcy trustees play in determining who qualifies as a deserving debtor under Canadian personal bankruptcy law. When debt becomes unmanageable, the bankruptcy and insolvency system provides relief  though not to everyone. The architects of the system have restricted access to this benefit by developing methods to distinguish deserving from undeserving debtors. The idea of a deserving debtor is woven throughout bankruptcy law, with debt relief being reserved for those debtors deemed deserving. The legislation and case law invite trustees to assess debtors based on their pre-bankruptcy choices, but in practice, trustees evaluate debtors based on how cooperative the debtors are during bankruptcy proceedings. Using insights from the sociology of emotion, Anna Jane Sa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Stories We Tell about Bankruptcy Law\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Bankruptcy in the Books: A Doctrinal Account of Personal Bankruptcy Law\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Becoming and Being an Insolvency Trustee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Trustee \u003cem\u003eEconomicus:\u003c\/em\u003e A Financial Account of Personal Bankruptcy Law\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Emotions at Work\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Once More, with Feeling: An Emotional Account of Personal Bankruptcy Law\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Feeling Our Way into New Stories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlossary of Insolvency Law Terms; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404942418263,"sku":"9780774861410","price":66.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774861410.jpg?v=1730488135","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/trustees-at-work-9780774861410","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}