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Remedies Under The Tennessee Commercial Code, John A. Walker, Jr.

Vanderbilt Law Review

The scope of this Article is limited to a discussion of the enforcement of consensual' liens under the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in title 47 of the Tennessee Code. It does not include the panoply of other, nonconsensual remedies such as prejudgment attachment and postjudgment levy. In particular, this Article examines the applicability of the doctrine of election of remedies, the mechanics of repossession, and the rules applicable to the disposition of collateral, primarily as these concepts have been interpreted and applied by the courts of Tennessee.

Preamble, Herbert Wechsler

Vanderbilt Law Review

As readers of the Review are undoubtedly aware, the American Law Institute was organized in 1923 as a permanent organization of lawyers, judges, and law teachers "to promote," as its charter recites, "the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs." ...

Work on the Code began' in 1969 with Professor Loss as the Reporter, aided by consultants and advisers whose experience and expertise is equaled only by their high distinction in this field. Five tentative drafts have been printed in the years from 1972 to 1976 and a sixth, which now is off the …

Antitrust Consequences Of United States Corporate Payments To Foreign Officials, James F. Rill, Richard L. Frank

Vanderbilt Law Review

This Article examines the feasibility and desirability of marshalling section 2(c)' of the Clayton Act as amended by the Robinson-Patman Act and sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act against a practice having deep legal, political, and emotional significance in the United States and overseas. Difficult questions of jurisdiction and coverage are presented, as are major issues of public policy on what the role, if any, should be for these provisions.

Products Liability--Liability Of Transferee For Defective Products Manufactured By Transferor, P. Anthony Lannie

Vanderbilt Law Review

In the landmark decision, Greenman v. Yuba Power Products,Inc., , the California Supreme Court eliminated a similar barrier to consideration of products liability goals-the breach of warranty theory designed to meet the needs of commercial transactions. Justice Traynor addressed the central question-"When should the manufacturer be responsible to those injured by his products?"'-and concluded that "rules . . .that were developed to meet the needs of commercial transactions cannot properly be invoked to govern the manufacturer's liability to those injured by their defective products unless those rules also serve the purposes for which such liability is imposed."' Confronted with another …