Secured Transactions: A Systems Approach [Connected eBook with Study Center] (Aspen Casebook)

Book Synopsis: Buy a new version of this textbook and receive access to the Connected eBook with Study Center on CasebookConnect, including: lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities; practice questions from your favorite study aids; an outline tool and other helpful resources. Connected eBooks provide what you need most to be successful in your law school classes. The premier authority on secured transactions, Secured Transactions: A Systems Approach is known for its cutting-edge coverage, dynamic pedagogy, and ease of use for instructors. The Systems Approach gives students the big picture. Straightforward explanations and cases prepare the students to solve real-life problems in the context of actual transactions. A modular structure allows for tremendous flexibility in course design. The materials are divided into bite-sized assignments, making it easier for instructors to make and adjust assignments for class. This problem-based casebook supports the teaching of Article 9 alone or expansion of the course to include Article 9 in the full context of bankruptcy, mortgages, judicial liens, and statutory liens. A comprehensive Teachers’ Manual provides the guidance new teachers need to succeed in teaching secured transactions. New to the 9th Edition: - Updated throughout, while retaining the same structure. - Highly adaptable modular text broken into assignments. Main sections can be taught in any order. - New cases throughout (including the Second Circuit’s landmark decision in In re Motors Liquidation). - Problem-based approach with ethics integrated. - Problems progress from easy to difficult. Professors and students will benefit from: - The main sections can be taught in any order. Bite-sized assignments organized for 50-minute or 75-minute classes. - Can support ABA-qualified experiential courses. - Casebook authors who are happy to engage with adopters and include them as characters in the book. - Coverage of non-Article 9 aspects of secured transactions that students will need as lawyers. - Default problem sets for ease of assignment; extra problems for variety from year to year. Engaging problems with interesting characters and real-world issues, providing all of the information necessary to solve the problems. - A real-life approach that prepares students for the practice of law. - Clear explanations of every subject – no hiding of the ball. - Basic financial literacy information included throughout the book. - Focus on how lien systems actually work in practice.