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This course is a general introduction to business bankruptcy law. Bankruptcy provides a background term for nearly all business transactions. The possibility that a counterparty may not be able to fulfill its obligations is an important factor in shaping deals. This course reviews the fundamentals of debt contracting, including the role of events of default, debt priority and security interests. It also examines various aspects of the bankruptcy process including the unlimited territorial scope of United States bankruptcy jurisdiction, the automatic stay, the avoidance of prebankruptcy transactions, the treatment of executory contracts, the debtor's governance structure during bankruptcy, the financing of operations and investments in bankruptcy, the process of negotiating, voting, and confirming a plan of reorganization, and transnational bankruptcies. Courseware Site (Summer 2009-GULC-HUJI Program) This course is a general introduction to bankruptcy law and debtor-creditor. It covers both individual and business bankruptcies. Bankruptcy is a central component of commercial and business law and merges litigation and transactional practice. The course explores the American credit economy through the federal Bankruptcy Code. The course is taught from a problem-set based textbook. The problems are designed to examine the elements of the statutes, the business and transactional implications of the formal laws, the ethical issues involved for attorneys, and the policy issues that inhere in the bankruptcy system. The problem approach is based on situations that attorneys, clients, legislators, and judges encounter and on the broader social implications of these issues. No laptops. Courseware Site (Fall 2008) Courseware Site (Spring 2008)
Commerical Law: Secured Credit Transactions (Spring 2009)( 4 credits) This is an introductory course in lending law. Most classes in law school deal with the issue of whether a party is liable to another. But establishing liability is only part of what lawyers do. They also have to collect on the liability for their clients, and this is often easier said than done. This course deals with the legal and social mechanisms for collecting obligations and how it informs the lending system. It is designed to introduce students to the strategic and legal issues involved in lending, particularly those related to collateral and debt collection. While UCC Article 9 is the mainstay of the course, attention will also be given to real estate and vehicle lending, debt collection law, sheriffs and repo men, factoring, and the treatment of secured credit in bankruptcy. The course is taught from a problem-set based textbook. No laptops. Courseware Site (Spring 2009) Commercial Law: Payment Systems and Financial Transactions (2 credits) This is an introductory class on payment systems and other financial transactions. The course explores risk allocation, financial product structure, and regulation of the most ubiquitous type of transactions--those used to pay for (and sometimes also finance) goods and services. The course covers both consumer and business payment systems. Topics covered include checks and negotiable instruments (UCC Articles 3 and 4), wire transfers (UCC Article 4A), credit cards, debit cards, automated clearing house (ACH) transactions, Internet payments (PayPal, e.g.), letters of credit (UCC Article 5), title documents (UCC Article 7), and securitization. No laptops. Courseware Site ( Spring 2009) Revised June 19, 2008 (ajl) |
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