Secured Transactions: A Systems Approach (Aspen Casebook Series)

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.

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:

• Comprehensive Teacher’s Manual with suggestions for teaching coverage, changes from the prior edition, lists of key concepts for each assignment, and the answers to every question asked in the book.
• 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.