The Volokh Conspiracy - A Factoid for Bankruptcy Law Buffs:

What is probably the first American treatise on bankruptcy law was written while the author was in prison. And, no, it wasn't debtor's prison -- the treatise (The Bankrupt Law of America, Compared with the Bankrupt Law of England) was written by Thomas Cooper in 1800, when he was in prison for violating the Sedition Act.

	[Eugene Volokh, March 30, 2009 at 11:50am] Trackbacks A Factoid for Bankruptcy Law Buffs: What is probably the first American treatise on bankruptcy law was written while the author was in prison. And, no, it wasn't debtor's prison -- the treatise (The Bankrupt Law of America, Compared with the Bankrupt Law of England) was written by Thomas Cooper in 1800, when he was in prison for violating the Sedition Act.