Discretionary authority of the bankruptcy judge: a comparative study by Dr. Assaf Al-Awaiji

The Discretionary Authority of the Bankruptcy Judge - A Comparative Study Author: Dr. Assaf bin Saleh bin Assaf Al-Awaiji About the book: The book discusses the nature of the discretionary authority of the bankruptcy judge, its basis, fields, limits, restrictions, and applications in bankruptcy procedures. It also covers its characteristics that distinguish it from the discretionary authority of other judges, its comprehensiveness to other judicial jurisdictions, in addition to evaluating that authority in terms of absolute and restricted scope, the possibility of oversight, methods of oversight, and compares its applications in the Kingdom with those in the United States of America. The research also addresses the nature of the discretionary authority of the bankruptcy judge, its basis, and characteristics, then its aspects and areas during the initiation of the procedure concerning the review and decision on the request, as well as during the procedure period, then in the phase of executing and ending the procedure concerning the plan and the distribution decision, as well as ending the procedure and initiating another upon its completion. The research also touches on matters related to financing, penalties, and transactions subject to cancellation. The study compares the fields of the discretionary authority of the bankruptcy judge according to the Saudi Bankruptcy Law with its fields according to the American Bankruptcy Law of 1978.