Part of a series concerned with the relationship between law and society, and designed to reflect the increasing interest of lawyers, social scientists and historians in this field, this volume is aimed at practitioners and scholars working in the areas of insolvency practice and commercial law.

The legal background; methods of credit control; construction of a claim; negotiation of a claim; the role of the legal profession. Appendices: Questionnaire to trade associations; extracts from the Companies Act 1985; extracts from the Insolvency Act 1986; extracts from the Sale of Goods Act 1979; sample insolvency practitioners' questionnaire.

'this is a scholarly and well-produced piece of work ... It represents a thorough, competent and well-produced piece of research. More to the point, it provides an interesting excursus into the grubby market-place from which insolvency lawyers make their money, and a useful antidote for anyone else suffering from a surfeit of commercial legal technicality.' Andrew Tettenborn, The Cambridge Law Journal 'this book, and books of its type, should be required reading for all law students and would-be practitioners, for they demonstrate "dramaturgically" ... the gulf that exists between theory and practice. Courses on negotiating skills would also seem to be a must.' Aviva Y M French, University of Western Australia, Western Australian Law Review, December 1992 `is an interesting study of the operation of reservation of title clauses in practice ... Wheeler gives us all an insight in the dismal world of corporate failure ... essential reading for every ivory towered academic who purports to know something about commercial law. It is a must for any practitioner who is asked to pursue or defend a reservation of title claim, but has no previous experience in the field ... this scholarly work brings to life a subject which has been flogged to death in the textbooks. Thank you, Sally Wheeler.' Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly