Book Description
'The systems approach we employ in this book looks at more than just law. Law is one of many elements that together constitute the secured credit system. To teach the law without teaching the system in which it is embedded would deprive the law of much of its meaning and make it more difficult to understand.' - Lynn LoPucki and Elizabeth Warren Fully incorporating the new Article 9 of the UCC, this substantially revised edition of the groundbreaking text continues to simplify the conceptually complex policies of the secured credit system with an innovative systems approach. By exploring secured transactions and investment securities in a series of assignments and problems, students are empowered to focus on secured transactions as one aspect of a larger system - thus facilitating learning and comprehension of the material. What makes this casebook stand out from the rest? Expert authorship - renowned authors Lynn LoPucki and Elizabeth Warren draw on their years of legal scholarship and teaching excellence to refine and extend their systems approach Uses the author's unique and innovative systems approach - treating secured credit as a system with subsystems that work together to accomplish the system's principal goal A combination of traditional application and open-ended theoretical problems are presented in the order of difficulty - with the most difficult problems focusing on an actual practice setting to enhance student learning Each assignment is appropriate for a 50-60 minute class, contains carefully-selected problems that involve students in case strategy and planning, and includes all the information needed to answer the problems New To The Third Edition: Incorporates the new Article 9 (Secured Transactions of the UCC throughout the entire text Updated cases and problems reflect recent legal trends and developments A thoroughly revised Teacher's Manual in every chapter
