Larry Bates – författare

Secured Transactions: Problems and Materials combines original material with recent cases to teach students about secured financing under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Students learn how to identify basic Article 9 issues and craft solutions for them.The book begins with an explanation of secured versus unsecured financing and addresses how transactions were handled before the institution of Article 9. It then discusses specific aspects of Article 9 including its scope, creating and protecting a security interest, priorities, exceptions, fixtures, proceeds, and enforcement.The book is built around a series of problems that connect the cases and original material to the text of Article 9. The original material clarifies and contextualizes the legal issues, providing background and support. The cases demonstrate how legal principles are applied in the real world, enabling students to understand automatic perfection, certificates of title, statutory liens, commercial reasonableness, and more. The revised first edition features updated information regarding laws and legislation, as well as new cases for the chapters on repossessing fixtures and proceeds.Secured Transactions successfully balances the study of law and its application. It is an ideal book for foundational courses in secured transactions.

Sales: Problems and Materials give students a basic understanding of sales of goods transactions and how Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) is applied to them. Built around a series of problems, the book connects real case studies and the author's original material directly to the text of Article 2.The text discusses the scope of the code, how it functions when circumstances of a transaction change, remedies for breach of contract, and the risk of loss. Other topics include performance, warranties, and title. Students learn how the code is a system of inter-related rules that work together to facilitate the sale of goods and resolve related disputes.The revised first edition features revisions throughout to ensure the content is accurate and up-to-date. Additionally, the problems have been updated or replaced based on student feedback.Sales: Problems and Materials helps students recognize the UCC as the primary source of commercial law. It gives students a level of comfort and confidence with Article 2 that will enable them to effectively address the needs of their clients once they enter into practice. The book is ideal for law courses that cover sales transactions.