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OCR: CONGRESS DID NOT INTEND 11 U.S.C. $ 548(a)(2) TO CHANGE PRE CODE PRACTICE, STATE LAWS OR THE MADRID RULE It is well-settled that Congress does you write laws on completeiy clean slate The : : normal rule of statutory construction is that Congress intends ot legisiation change the interpretation ofa judicially created concept it makes that i intent specific Edmonds Campagnie Generate Transatiantique, 443 256. 266-267 99 S 2753 2759. 60. 521 (1979) The Court has followed this rule with particular care construing the scope of bankruptcy codifications. Midlantic Nat. New Jersey Dept.. 474 U.S. 494, 106 5. Ct. 755 759. 88 L Ed. 2d 859 (1986): see alsa, United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, tnc. supra, 109S at 1032 Furthermore this Court has been feluctant to accept arguments that interpret the ...