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James Brook (Author)
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0735567972 978-0735567979 December 17, 2007 4
Uniform Commercial Code Article 9 is one of the most difficult and technical areas in commercial law, and students often need extra assistance to master its complexities. James Brook's Secured Transactions: Examples & Explanations, Fourth Edition, uses a conversational tone to build student confidence as it demystifies Article 9.

This informative student guide offers:
Proven Examples & Explanations pedagogy, combining textual material with well-written examples and explanations to test student comprehension of the materials and provide practice applying information to fact patterns;
Clear and direct explanatory text geared specifically to the needs of students;
A solid introduction to the basic law in the field that teaches the rules and policies of secured transactions while exposing students to the broader issues of legal process;
Comprehensive coverage of all basic and important points;
Logical organization that follows the general sequence of topics as they are traditionally taught in secured transactions courses;
Engaging yet informative approach avoiding a dry recitation of rules;
Diagrams and visual aids to simplify the intricate provisions of Article 9 into basic concepts.

The Fourth Edition fully reflects Revised Article 9:
Recent cases which apply the revised Article 9 are incorporated in the text;
Text, examples, and explanations are all refined in light of the author's continuing experience teaching the revised Article 9.



Product Details

  • Paperback: 500 pages
  • Publisher: Aspen Publishers; 4 edition (December 17, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0735567972
  • ISBN-13: 978-0735567979
  • Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #69,690 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent review material... hokey writing style, December 10, 2009
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This book is a great resource for reviewing prior to exams. The only things that kept this from a 5-star review were the fact that most of the material is in the form of explanations to the examples (rather than in the text prior to the examples as is the case with most of the books in this series) and that the writing style is a little goofy. That being said, however, the book is very clear and easy to understand.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great supplement, October 22, 2010
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Takes some very dense material and puts it into plain english. Very helpful. I highly recommend it to any law school student.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not a Good Law Final Review Book at all..., December 12, 2011
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I'll start by saying that this book has all of the information you might ever need, and that if you're confused on a very simple concept, then hey it's probably in here...somewhere.

My issue with this book is that it is a terrible study aid for a law school final exam. I'm assuming that a person taking an exam would have some semblance of a familiarity with the subject before they even picked up this book. I mean heck, they took the class, presumably attended once or twice, and maybe even did some outlining before this. I bought this book to use as a way to read through some hypos and get some quick explanations (examples and explanations right?). This book is set up in the most inefficient manner ever. You waste 99% of time reading page long explanations of why a lender's security interest is valid and senior, before you get to the real point of the hypo: there's a purchase money security interest with super-priority that will trump the lender. OMG really?! Who didn't see this coming? All we really care about is the application of the relevant statutory sections. The answer literally could be two sentences. I am 100% aware of the fact that in an actual exam you will need to go through all of these steps, my issue is that the author does it needlessly for each explanation. The problem with this is that each explanation covers ONE ISSUE, and very rarely includes another issue, i.e. PMSI section tests PMSI, "Where to File" section tests only sufficiency the filing office chosen. Problem is that this is extremely inefficient. You have to read hundreds of examples just to learn the basics of each issue. 90% of law school exams are long, multiple page, issue spotting hypos. This book DOES NOT help you with issue spotting at all.

Instead, what you get is the author trying to be "cute" or "funny" with his prose. The only thing this accomplishes is extending the explanation of the world's simplest hypo covering A SINGLE ISSUE into a two page long read. 20 minutes later you palm-to-face yourself as your read the punchline of the explanation "but this doesn't matter because seller has a purchase money security interest and you have 20 days to perfect." Unless you have all the time in the world, you're better off Googling hypos and working through them on your own.
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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
automatic perfection, retail sales installment agreement, general insecurity clause, knowledge that the purchase, basic priority rules, initial financing statement, meaningful reversionary interest, inventory financer, prerevision version, fixture security interest, secured party, revision drafters, standard search logic, perfected interest, chattel paper, appropriate filing office, authenticated security agreement, fixture filing, security agreement granting, written security agreement, agricultural lien, applicable requirements for perfection, one delivery van, perfected status, continuation statement
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Downtown Federal, Credit Associates, Friendly Factors, Friendly Finance, Traders Credit, The Scope of Article, Uniform Commercial Code, First National, The Purchase-Money Security Interest, The Foreclosure Sale, New York, Other Instances, Dexter Moneybucks, Isabelle Inkster, Credit Service, Lucky Louie, Bindy Corporation, Wellington Bank, Local Lending, New Jersey, Speedy Pete, Wally's Warehouse, Moneybucks Industries, Further Criteria, Marty's Marina
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