Gilmore, Grant. Security Interests in Personal Property. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1965. Two volumes. xxxiv, 651; xiii, 653-1508 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-10258. ISBN 1-886363-81-1. Cloth. $195. * Written by the late Grant Gilmore, Co-Reporter for Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, this landmark work, often cited, is extremely well respected as an acknowledged authority in this area. Combines an engrossing account of the drafting of Article 9 as it emerged in its final form with important interpretive data relating to security interests. This title is the recipient of both the Order of the Coif and the James Barr Ames award. Now back in print and of continued relevance today.

Both individuals and businesses can put up various kinds of property as security - everything from taking candlesticks to the pawnbroker to hire-purchase agreements works on this principle. This report reviews the present state of the law on security interests in property other than land and concludes, in line with the earlier Crowther Committee recommendations of 1971, that radical changes should be made. Their effect would be to simplify and clarify the current confused position. The new law should apply to companies, partnerships and individuals in the course of their business and also to consumers.

The Fourth Edition continues the emphasis on real-life problems and transactions that has distinguished these teaching materials for decades. As in previous editions, the Problems are tailored to focus the student's attention on the relevant statutory language and its application to common patterns of secured financing. They emphasize counseling, planning, drafting, and litigation skills. In addition to more traditional Problems, which ask the student to predict the outcome, many of the Problems ask the student to give advice to clients, to structure transactions, and to draft certain provisions of documents. As in the Third Edition, many of the Problems are based upon Prototype transactions that feature actual transaction documents. The first'financing an automobile dealer's inventory and financing a consumer buyer's purchase of an automobile from the dealer'affords the basis for a discussion of basic Article 9 concepts in a concrete setting. The second Prototype features an accounts and inventory ?borrowing-base? secured credit facility and includes a revolving credit agreement and security agreement. This Prototype forms the basis for detailed coverage of various types of financing secured by receivables and other intangible property.

Following on from a previous consultation paper on this topic (Law Commission paper 164, ISBN 011730249X) published in July 2002, this report contains draft regulations which set out a scheme for the registration and priority of mortgages and other forms of security created by companies. It also makes general recommendations on the law applicable to security created by unincorporated businesses. Comments on the consultation paper should be received by 23.11.2004 and sent to James Robinson, Law Commission, Conquest House, 37-38 John Street, Theobalds Road, London WC1N 2BQ or emailed to: [email protected]

The two-volume 7th edition of the highly regarded GARROW AND FENTON'S LAW OF PERSONAL PROPERTY IN NEW ZEALAND provides in-depth coverage of personal property securities as well as all other types of personal property. The 7th edition enlarges the role of previous editions, examining recent developments in a wholly modern context. The only comprehensive and completely up-to-date treatment of the topic of personal property in New Zealand. The two-volume work comprises over 2000 pages of commentary, allowing for in-depth treatment of the relevant topics. Continuation of a well-known and long-established book in the New Zealand market. A must-have title for anyone practising in a commercial or general practice. Written by Dr Roger Fenton, a highly regarded expert in this area of law. Volume 1 covers all types of personal property and includes detailed commentary on ownership of goods or tangible things, fixtures, gifts, bailment, liens, ships (including maritime liens), choses in action, and special forms of choses in action and incorporeal property. It also includes an overview of personal property securities.

For every transnational lawyer, it is vital to know the differences between national secured transactions laws. Since the applicable law is determined by the place where the collateral is situated, it may change when movables are brought from one state to another. Introductory essays from comparative lawyers set the scene. The book then presents a survey of the law relating to secured transactions in the member states of the European Union. Following the Common Core approach, the national reports are centred around fifteen hypothetical cases dealing with the most important issues of secured transactions law, such as the creation of security rights in different business situations, the relationship between debtor and secured creditor, the nature of the creditor's rights and their enforcement as against third parties. each case is followed by a comparative summary. A general report evaluates the possibilities of European harmonisation in the field of secured transactions law.

W Green has brought together leading figures from both academia and domestic and international practice to write this book, which features a comprehensive commentary on the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010