Secured Credit: A Systems Approach

Lynn M. LoPucki, Elizabeth Warren

Aspen Publishers, 2006 - Law - 690 pages

Instructors know they can depend on this casebook for: - extraordinary authorship from two of the most highly respected experts in the field - skillful use of the systems approach, examining how the law is applied in actual transactions and teaching the Code in context - teachable problems prefaced by straightforward textual explanations and cases - great flexibility for structuring a course regardless of emphasis or approach - distinctive organization by assignment units that takes the effort out of preparing a syllabus - cutting-edge coverage of emerging issues - careful exploration of the intersection between secured transactions and bankruptcy - extremely thorough Teacher's Manual with answers to all problems, as well as suggestions on omitting sections due to time constraints - well-written text and vivid problems, helping the students understand the basics while they also get the chance to strategize over more advanced issues - a complete set of PowerPoint presentations for classroom use, available at http: //lopucki.law.ucla.edu/securedcredit This careful revision responds to developments in the law: - full coverage of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 - reflects recent amendments to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct - dual section numbers to facilitate use with either version of UCC Article 1 - new cases, including -- Till v. SCS Credit, the Supreme Court's holding that the interest rate on secured creditor payouts in bankruptcy should be the risk-free rate plus one to three percent -- Kinderknecht, the Eighth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel holding that filings must be in thelegal name of the debtor, not a nickname -- RFC Capital v. Earthlink, the Ohio Appellate Court's holding dealing with release of lien in an Internet service provider's sale of its customer base -- Spearing Tool, the Sixth Circuit's holding that the IRS doesn't have to comply with the debtor name requirements of Article 9 when in the Article 9 filing system

Contents

• Creditors Remedies Under State Law: 3
• Limitations on Compelling Payment: 13
• Security and Foreclosure: 20

About the author

Elizabeth Warren worked as an elementary school teacher, a lawyer, and a law professor at Harvard University. She is the senior senator from Massachusetts. In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, she served as Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Her efforts to protect taxpayers, to hold Wall Street accountable, and to ensure tough oversight of both the Bush and Obama Administrations won praise from both sides of the aisle. The Boston Globe named her Bostonian of the Year in 2009 for her oversight efforts. She helped created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. She is also the author of numerous books including All Your Worth: The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan, The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke, and A Fighting Chance.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Secured Credit: A Systems Approach
• Authors: Lynn M. LoPucki, Elizabeth Warren
• Edition: 5, revised
• Publisher: Aspen Publishers, 2006
• Original from: Indiana University
• Digitized: Aug 10, 2011
• ISBN: 0735556458, 9780735556454
• Length: 690 pages
• Subjects: Law / Commercial / General