Thomas G.W. Telfer is a professor and teaching fellow in the Faculty of Law at Western University. He is the author of Ruin and Redemption: A Struggle for a Canadian Bankruptcy Law, 1867–1919 and co-editor of Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law in Canada: Cases, Materials, and Problems. Virginia Torrie is an associate professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba. She is the author of Reinventing Bankruptcy Law: A History of the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, as well as several articles on bankruptcy and insolvency law.

• Introduction: An Untested Federal Power1 The Voluntary Assignments Case (1894) and Lord Herschell's Dicta2 Royal Bank of Canada v Larue and the Brave New World of Bankruptcy Law3 The Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act Reference Case and the Debtor's Financial Condition4 The Farmers' Creditors Arrangement Act Reference Case and Rehabilitating DebtorsConclusion: A Modern View of Bankruptcy and InsolvencyNotes; Bibliography; Index of Cases; Index

This book is a masterpiece of academic contribution enriching our understanding on the bankruptcy law development in Canada and beyond … I am overwhelmed by the quality of the in-depth analysis in this book. - Zhang Zinian, University of Leeds (Singapore Global Restructuring Initiative Blog) Telfer and Torrie deserve praise; Debt and Federalism is a thought-provoking escape, which should appeal to anyone with an interest in Canadian history, legal or otherwise.- Fenner Stewart (Ottawa Law Review) While the tradition of any book review is to mention a few blemishes, I was hard pressed to find any... This is an excellent, thought-provoking and informative book. - Vern W. DaRe, University of Windsor (Banking & Finance Law Review) "Telfer and Torrie deserve praise; Debt and Federalism is a thought-provoking escape, which should appeal to anyone with an interest in Canadian history, legal or otherwise." - Fenner Stewart (Ottawa Law Review)

Thomas G.W. Telfer is a professor and teaching fellow in the Faculty of Law at Western University. He is the author of Ruin and Redemption: A Struggle for a Canadian Bankruptcy Law, 1867–1919 and co-editor of Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law in Canada: Cases, Materials, and Problems. Virginia Torrie is an associate professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba. She is the author of Reinventing Bankruptcy Law: A History of the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, as well as several articles on bankruptcy and insolvency law.

• Introduction: An Untested Federal Power1 The Voluntary Assignments Case (1894) and Lord Herschell's Dicta2 Royal Bank of Canada v Larue and the Brave New World of Bankruptcy Law3 The Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act Reference Case and the Debtor's Financial Condition4 The Farmers' Creditors Arrangement Act Reference Case and Rehabilitating DebtorsConclusion: A Modern View of Bankruptcy and InsolvencyNotes; Bibliography; Index of Cases; Index

This book is a masterpiece of academic contribution enriching our understanding on the bankruptcy law development in Canada and beyond … I am overwhelmed by the quality of the in-depth analysis in this book. - Zhang Zinian, University of Leeds (Singapore Global Restructuring Initiative Blog) Telfer and Torrie deserve praise; Debt and Federalism is a thought-provoking escape, which should appeal to anyone with an interest in Canadian history, legal or otherwise.- Fenner Stewart (Ottawa Law Review) While the tradition of any book review is to mention a few blemishes, I was hard pressed to find any... This is an excellent, thought-provoking and informative book. - Vern W. DaRe, University of Windsor (Banking & Finance Law Review) "Telfer and Torrie deserve praise; Debt and Federalism is a thought-provoking escape, which should appeal to anyone with an interest in Canadian history, legal or otherwise." - Fenner Stewart (Ottawa Law Review)

Thomas G.W. Telfer is a professor and teaching fellow in the Faculty of Law at Western University. He is the author of Ruin and Redemption: A Struggle for a Canadian Bankruptcy Law, 1867–1919 and co-editor of Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law in Canada: Cases, Materials, and Problems. Virginia Torrie is an associate professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba. She is the author of Reinventing Bankruptcy Law: A History of the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, as well as several articles on bankruptcy and insolvency law.

• Introduction: An Untested Federal Power1 The Voluntary Assignments Case (1894) and Lord Herschell's Dicta2 Royal Bank of Canada v Larue and the Brave New World of Bankruptcy Law3 The Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act Reference Case and the Debtor's Financial Condition4 The Farmers' Creditors Arrangement Act Reference Case and Rehabilitating DebtorsConclusion: A Modern View of Bankruptcy and InsolvencyNotes; Bibliography; Index of Cases; Index

This book is a masterpiece of academic contribution enriching our understanding on the bankruptcy law development in Canada and beyond … I am overwhelmed by the quality of the in-depth analysis in this book. - Zhang Zinian, University of Leeds (Singapore Global Restructuring Initiative Blog) Telfer and Torrie deserve praise; Debt and Federalism is a thought-provoking escape, which should appeal to anyone with an interest in Canadian history, legal or otherwise.- Fenner Stewart (Ottawa Law Review) While the tradition of any book review is to mention a few blemishes, I was hard pressed to find any... This is an excellent, thought-provoking and informative book. - Vern W. DaRe, University of Windsor (Banking & Finance Law Review) "Telfer and Torrie deserve praise; Debt and Federalism is a thought-provoking escape, which should appeal to anyone with an interest in Canadian history, legal or otherwise." - Fenner Stewart (Ottawa Law Review)