1 Introduction.- 2 General Issues in Bankruptcy Law.- 3 Are Banks Special? Implications for Bank Bankruptcy Law.- 4 Systemic Crises.- 5 General Issues on the structure of Banking Industry.- 6 Current Bank Bankruptcy Regimes and Recent Developments.- 7 Optimal Design of Bank Bankruptcy Law and the Bank Failures from the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis.- 8 Conclusions.- 9 Appendix.