Problems and Materials on Secured Transactions

Brief, clear, and extremely accessible, Problems and Materials on Secured Transactions helps students understand black letter law and the statutory language in the Uniform Commercial Code. Concise yet comprehensive coverage includes the most recent case and statutory developments. A sensible, flexible organization makes it adaptable to many teaching styles. Drawing on experience in both teaching and writing, the authors provide thorough and practical coverage using a popular problems approach with interesting fact patterns. The text’s effective format, manageable length, and inclusion of the most important cases make Problems and Materials on Secured Transactions concise and efficient. A Teacher’s Manual provides sample syllabi, answers to all the problems in the text, and suggestions on the best ways to teach various topics.

Key Features:
New cases, including 1st Source Bank v. Wilson Bank & Trust; Eleventh Circuit holding that violation of automatic stay in bankruptcy may give rise to damages for emotion distress; Thompson-Young v. Wells Fargo Dealer Services; Mishcon de Reya New York LLP v. Grail
Semiconductor; Prairie State Bank & Trust v. Deere Park Associates; McDonald v. Yarchenko
Effective format makes black letter law accessible and helps students understand statutory language
A case that may make students tremble, in which a misfiled termination statement caused a law firm’s client to lose $1.5 billion in collateral
Discussion of new technologies and repossession: remote disabling, GPS location, self-driving cars