Introduction / Daniela Preda -- Opening address / Mario Venturi & Realino Marra -- Lessons from the past : monetary unions in the 19th century Europe / Lara Piccardo -- Robert Triffin et le processus d'integration monetaire europaenne / Ivo Maes -- Le plan werner et la d'couverte d'europe...

Bankruptcy in America, in stark contrast to its status in most other countries, typically signifies not a debtor's last gasp but an opportunity to catch one's breath and recoup. Why has the nation's legal system evolved to allow both corporate and individual debtors greater control over their...