This lesson demonstrates how the principles of remedies are found in the UCC and provides some guidance for working with the UCC. This lesson may be run either as an introduction before the material is studied or as a review after it is studied.
Read moreThe fifth lesson on UCC Article 2A covers claims made by other creditors against the lessor and lessee of an Article 2A lease of goods.
Read moreThis fourth lesson on UCC Article 2A covers the default warranties given by a lessor under the article, and also explains how the lessor may disclaim the warranties or limit the available remedies.
Read moreThis lesson is second in a series that takes a look at formation of agreements governed by the U.N. Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG). The CISG provides a uniform set of rules for international sales contracts where the parties are located in different signatory countries. There are 11 separate provisions on contract formation under the CISG. This lesson sets out the basic requisites for determining whether an offer exists, when it is accepted and how to address a battle of the forms if the CISG applies. The general attributes of domestic contracts and other CISG contracts are covered in other lessons.
Read moreThis lesson is third in a series that takes a look at performance of agreements governed by the U.N. Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG). The CISG provides a uniform set of rules for international sales contracts where the parties are located in different signatory countries.
Read moreThe New Ranch lesson is the successor to the Ranch lesson. As with the Ranch, the New Ranch lesson leads students through the steps necessary to perfecting a security interest under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) in a multi-state contact situation. The exercise also assists students to understand many other provisions of Article 9, including those dealing with classification of collateral and those governing the place of filing within a particular state.
Read moreThis exercise is designed to give you a good working familiarity with the fixtures provisions of Revised Article 9.
Read moreThis lesson deals with the problem created by the Battle of the Forms. At common law, the mirror image rule requires an acceptance to be exactly like the offer. The rule is reversed under the Uniform Commercial Code, however. Under UCC § 2-207, an acceptance is still an acceptance even though it states different or additional terms from the offer. This lesson will explore the effect of such different or additional terms and when they are operative.
Read moreThe topic of this podcast is which party will prevail in a competition for collateral as between buyers of the collateral and secured parties.
Read moreThe topic of this podcast is to identify when a purchase money security interest (“PMSI” or PIM-zee) has been created and to identify fact patterns that frequently appear on law school and bar examinations where it is significant that a security interest is a PMSI. Remember, a PMSI is simply a specific type of security interest.
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