Primary Sources

Bankruptcy Code and Rules
- Title 11 of the U.S. Code
- Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA)
- ABI BAPCPA page
- ABI Current Bankruptcy Legislation
- Previous Code versions
- BankrLaw Project (Univ. of Illinois): Text of the Bankruptcy Code for any date between Jan. 1, 1980 and today's date
- Previous and Related Acts
- Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, P.L. 95-598, 92 Stat. 2549
- Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984, P.L. 98-353, 98 Stat. 333
- Bankruptcy Judges, U.S. Trustees, and Family Farmer Bankruptcy Act of 1986, P.L. 99-554, 100 Stat. 3088
- Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994, P.L. 103-394, 108 Stat. 4106
- Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and consumer Protection Act, P.L. 111-203
- Compiled legislative histories of bankruptcy acts: Hein History of Bankruptcy library
- To find legislative histories arranged chronologically, browse by Legislative Histories by Public Law Number
- Also includes secondary sources, including historical books on bankruptcy, government commissions and studies, CRS Reports, and law review articles
- Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
- U.S. Code: Title 11 Appendix
- U.S. Code Annotated: in Title 11
- USCS: Court Rules volumes
- Administrative Office of the US Courts: Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, Bankruptcy Forms, and pending rules amendments
- Code and Rules sets:
- West's Bankruptcy Code, Rules, and Forms KF1511.596 .A2
- Norton Bankruptcy Code and Rules KF1510.99 .B357
- Norton Bankruptcy Law & Practice: Bankruptcy Rules and Related Rules of Civil Procedure with Official Commentary KF1524 .N674
- Collier on Bankruptcy beginning with Chapter 1001: 16th ed. at KF 1524 .C6333, plus Lexis
- Norton Bankruptcy Law & Practice Code and Rules: on Westlaw
- Local Court Rules for Bankruptcy Courts
Cases and Reporters
- West's Bankruptcy Reporter (KF1515 .A2 W47)
- Collier Bankruptcy Cases (KF 1515 .A2 C61)
- Westlaw FBKR-CS
- Includes pdf images of the West Bankruptcy Reporter and other federal reporters
- Lexis Bankruptcy Cases
- CCH Bankruptcy Law Reporter
- In CCH Intelliconnect. Use your own individually-set User ID to log on. Browse titles under Bankruptcy.
Forms