Publications by Professor Gross

  • BOOKS
    • Failure and Forgiveness: Rebalancing the Bankruptcy System. Yale University Press, 1997. (Paperback edition Yale University Press, 1999)
  • CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
    • "Integrating Legal Research Skills into Substantive Courses," Contribution to Teaching the Law School Curriculum at 362–364 (S. Friedland & G. Hess, eds., Carolina Academic Press, 2004) (with C. Broussard).
    • "Establishing Financial Literacy Programmes for Consumer Debtors: Complex Issues on the Platter," Chapter 17 in Consumer Bankruptcy in Global Perspective at343–360 (I. Ramsay, J. Niemi-Kiesilainen & W. C. Whitford eds., Oxford: Hart, 2003).
    • "Involuntary Cases." Chapter 303 in Collier on Bankruptcy. 15th ed. Rev., Volume 2, at 303-1 to 303-110 (L.P. King, ed.) Matthew Bender, 1997 (Quarterly Supplements, 1997–).
    • "Chapter 13 Cases," Part XV in Ginsberg & Martin on Bankruptcy. 4th ed., Volume 2, at 15-1 to 15-106 (R.E. Ginsberg & R.D. Martin, eds.). Aspen Law & Business, 1996 (Rev. ed. of Bankruptcy: Text Statutes and Rules. 3rd ed.) (with E. Bloom) (Annual Supplements, 1997, 1998).
    • "Good Faith: A Roundtable Discussion," Chapter II in Single Asset Real Estate Bankruptcies: Current Developments and Legislative Issues, at 13-58. American Bankruptcy Institute & St. John's University School of Law, compilers, American Bar Association, 1997 (with Hon. L. Fenning, Hon. W. Greendyke, Hon. D. Hillman & Hon. R. Mark).
    • "Chapter 13 Cases," Part XV in Bankruptcy: Text Statutes and Rules, 3rd ed., at 15-1 to 15-126, edited by R E. Ginsberg & R.D. Martin. Prentice Hall Law & Business, 1992 (with E. Jacobson) (Annual Supplements, 1993–1995).
    • "Chapter 13 Cases," Part XV in Bankruptcy: Text Statutes and Rules. 2nd ed., at 1333–1436.12, edited by R E. Ginsberg. Prentice Hall Law & Business, 1989 (Annual Supplements, 1990–1991).
  • LAW REVIEW AND OTHER SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
    • "Empty Mandate or Opportunity for Innovation? Pre-Petition Credit Counseling and Post-Petition Financial Management Education" (coauthor), American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review (forthcoming spring 2006)
    • "Legislative Messaging and Bankruptcy Law" (coauthor), University of Pittsburgh Law Review (forthcoming spring 2006)
    • "Multiple-Measure Evaluation of Financial Literacy Teacher Training" (coauthor), 16 Financial Counseling and Planning Journal (2005)
    • "Strong Palliative but Not a Panacea: Results of an Experiment Teaching Students About Financial Literacy," 35 Journal of Student Financial Affairs 7 (2005) (with Richard Matasar and Joanne Ingham)
    • "Debtor Education, Financial Literacy, and Pending Bankruptcy Legislation," 23 Behavioral Sciences and the Law 347 (2005) (with Richard L. Wiener, Susan Block-Lieb, and Corinne Baron-Donovan)
    • "Unwrapping Assumptions: Applying Social Analytic Jurisprudence to Consumer Bankruptcy Education Requirements and Policy" 79 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 453 (August 2005) (with Richard Wiener, Susan Block-Lieb and Corinne Donovan) (Previous version appearing under the title "High and Low SES Debtors: The Uses of Psychological Measures to Determine Differences," available online, Working Paper Series, Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, at www.jchs.harvard.edu/babc)
    • Commentary, "Give Credit Where Credit Is Due—The Use of Credit Scoring," Consumer Finance Law Quarterly (Winter 2005)
    • "Financial Literacy Education: Panacea, Palliative, or Something Worse?" 24 St. Louis University Public Law Review 307 (2005)
    • "Process Reengineering and Legal Education: An Essay on Daring to Think Differently," 49 New York Law School Law Review 435 (2004–05)
    • "A Response to J.J. White's Death and Resurrection of Secured Credit: Finding Some Trees but Missing the Forest," (A Symposium on the Code After 25 Years: 1978–2003), 12 American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review 203–218 (2004).
    • "The Coalition for Consumer Bankruptcy Debtor Education: An Overview of Its Pilot Project," 21 Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal 233 (2004) (with Susan Block-Lieb, Richard L. Wiener, Corinne Donovan and Sean Wright)
    • "High and Low SES Debtors: The Use of Psychological Measures to Determine Differences (Building Assets,Building Credit: A Symposium on Improving Financial Services in Low-Income Communities)," Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies, 2004 (with R.L. Wiener, S. Block-Lieb & C. Baron-Donovan). < http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/publications/finance/babc/babc_04-2.pdf/ >.
    • Lessons from the Trenches: Debtor Education in Theory and Practice, 7 Fordham Journal of Corporate and Financial Law 503–524 (2002) (with S. Block-Lieb & R. L. Wiener).
    • Portraits of Grief: A Focus on Survivors (Special Issue: Reflecting on the Legal Issues of Our Times. New York Law School Faculty Presentation Day), 46 New York Law School Law Review 631–652 (2002–2003).
    • "Foreword: A Time for Remembering (Association of American Law Schools Symposium)." 75 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 279–281 (2001).
    • Book Review of The Ethics of Bankruptcy, by Jukka Kilpi. 26 Journal of Law & Society 555–560 (1999).
    • "Demonizing Debtors: A Response to the Honsberger-Ziegel Debate." 37Osgoode Hall Law Journal 263–275 (1999).
    • "On the Merits: A Response to Professors Girth and White." 73 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 485–498 (1999).
    • "As We Fleece Our Debtors." 102 Dickinson Law Review 747–762 (1998).
    • "Bankruptcy Solutions in the United States: An Overview (The Sixth Annual Ernst C. Stiefel Symposium)." 17 New York Law School Journal of International and Comparative Law 215–249 (1997) (with M.S. Barr).
    • "Foreword (The Sixth Annual Ernst C. Stiefel Symposium)." 17 New York Law School Journal of International and Comparative Law (1997) (with A.G. Estreicher).
    • "Perceptions and Misperceptions of Reaffirmation Agreements." 102 Commercial Law Journal 339–354 (1997).
    • "Ladies in Red: Learning From America's First Female Bankrupts." 40 The American Journal of Legal History 1–40 (1996) (with M.S. Newman & D. Campbell).
    • "In Defense of Debtor Exclusivity: Assessing Four of the 1994 Amendments to the Bankruptcy Code (Symposium on the 1994 Amendments)." 69 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 287–310 (1995) (with P. Redmond).
    • "In Forma Pauperis in Bankruptcy: Reflecting On and Beyond United States v. Kras." 2 American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review 57–71 (1994) (with S. Rosenberg).
    • "Taking Community Interests Into Account in Bankruptcy: An Essay (The Washington University Interdisciplinary Conference on Bankruptcy and Insolvency Theory)." 72 Washington University Law Quarterly 1031–1049 (1994).
    • "Good Faith in Single Asset Chapter 11 Cases: A Roundtable Discussion." 1 American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review 11–42 (1993) (with Hon. L. Fenning, Hon. W. Greendyke, Hon. D. Hillman & Hon. R. Mark).
    • "Justice Thurgood Marshall's Bankruptcy Jurisprudence: A Tribute." 67 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 447–478 (1993).
    • "The Debtor as Modern Day Peon: A Problem of Unconstitutional Conditions." 65 Notre Dame Law Review 165–205 (1990).
    • "Foreword: She's My Lawyer and She's a Woman (Symposium: Women in the Lawyering Workplace: Feminist Considerations and Practical Solutions)." 35 New York Law School Law Review 293–307 (1990).
    • "Re-Vision of the Bankruptcy System: New Images of Individual Debtors." Book Review on As We Forgive Our Debtors: Bankruptcy and Consumer Credit in America, by Teresa A. Sullivan, Elizabeth Warren and Jay Lawrence Westbrook. 88 Michigan Law Review 1506–1556 (1990).
    • "Preserving a Fresh Start for the Individual Debtor: The Case for Narrow Construction of the Consumer Credit Amendments." 135 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 59–152 (1986).
    • "Museums in the Commercial Marketplace: The Need for Licensing Agreements." 10 Connecticut Law Review 620–637 (1978) (with S. Hodes).
    • "An Overview of the Bankruptcy Code." 84 Commercial Law Journal 259–265 (August/September 1979).
  • NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, PRACTICE MATERIALS, AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
    • "What's in Your Wallet and Why Does It Matter?", CLEO EDGE magazine, published by the Council on Legal Education Opportunity (2005)
    • "Saving Small Colleges: Lessons from the Corporate Arena," The Chronicle of Higher Education (July 2005)
    • "Student Indebtedness: What Educational Institutions Can and Should Do About It" (coauthor), National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Leadership Exchange Magazine (December 2005)
    • "Learning Money's Language," University Business (March 2005)
    • "For Student-Loan Borrowers, Good Credit Where It's Due," The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 3, 2004 at B6.
    • Op-Ed, "Who's Cheering the Raising of Interest Rates?" Chicago Tribune (August 2004)
    • Contributing Author, Collier on Bankruptcy. 15th ed. Rev. (L.P. King, ed., Matthew Bender, 1997).
    • Essay in Eight Blocks Away: Memoirs of September 11, 2001 at 30–32 (New York Law School, 2002).
    • Book Reviews of Holistic Bankruptcy, by Greta Schneider; and Navigating Failure, by Edward J. Balleisen. 229 New York Law Journal 2 (December 4, 2001).
    • "Debtor Education: Making Sure a Good Idea Does Not Go Awry." Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser, January 2000, at 6–10 (with S. Block-Lieb).
    • "Making Sense of Cents: Concrete Ways to Improve Financial Literacy Skills (Symposium: Predatory Lending)." 54 Consumer Finance Law Quarterly Report 233–235 (Summer 2000).
    • "Perspectives on Consumer Bankruptcy Law." In Proceedings of the International Conference on Consumer Over-Indebtedness. Coimbra, Portugal, 1999. Reprinted in Notas Economicus ubs, Fall 2000, at 150–157.
    • "Editing on an Overhead Projector." Entry in Techniques for Teaching Law, at 232–233 (G.F. Hess & S. Friedland, eds.). Carolina Academic Press, 1999.
    • "Family Day." Entry inTechniques for Teaching Law, at 327–329 (G.F. Hess & S. Friedland, eds.). Carolina Academic Press, 1999.
    • "Fine Art Imagery." Entry in Techniques for Teaching Law, at 91–93 (G.F. Hess & S. Friedland, eds.). Carolina Academic Press, 1999.
    • Panelist, "Colloquium: Consumer Bankruptcy." 67 Fordham Law Review 1315–1368 (1999).
    • "Tributes." Entry in Techniques for Teaching Law, at 354–355 (G.F. Hess & S. Friedland, eds.). Carolina Academic Press, 1999.
    • "Tumbling from the Ivory Tower: One Law Professor's Experiences at Legal Aid." 17 In Brief 20 (Spring/Summer 1999).
    • "Help Debtors Before They Go Over the Edge." Los AngelesTimes (Op Ed), at B7 (April 22, 1998) (with T. Hira).
    • "Debtor Education Matters: Both Prospective and Current Creditors Will Be Helped by Productive, Informed Consumers in the Credit Marketplace." 218 New York Law Journal 8 (September 29, 1997).
    • "Memorial to Dr. Ernst C. Stiefel (The Sixth Annual Ernst C. Stiefel Symposium)." 17 New York Law School Journal of International and Comparative Law (1997) (with A.G. Estreicher).
    • "Preliminary Proposal on Debtor Education Program Options." 51 Consumer Finance Law Quarterly Report 23–26 (1997).
    • "Suggestions for the National Bankruptcy Review Commission and Congress: Expert Panels." 4 American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review 487, 521–522 (1996).
    • "Thinking About Bankruptcy." 15 In Brief 10–11 (Fall/Winter 1996).
    • "Selected Bibliography on Ethics for Bankruptcy Professionals: Attorneys, Judges, Trustees & Committees." 49 Record of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York 657–676 (1994) (with J.M. Weisneck). Reprinted in 68 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 419–436 (1994).
    • "Some Preliminary Findings on Women in Bankruptcy Law Practice." 67th Proceedings of National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges 8:5–33 (1993).
    • "Perception and Reality: American Bankruptcy Institute Survey on Selected Provisions of the 1984 Amendments to the Bankruptcy Code." (American Bankruptcy Institute, July 1987) (with G.C. Paine & C.M. Tatelbaum).
    • "The New Copyright Law and the Art Community." 2 National Arts Guide 23 (May/June 1980).