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Section 3: Business, Institute Of Bill Of Rights Law, William & Mary Law School
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An Historical Overview Of Ucc Article 9, Peter Winship
An Historical Overview Of Ucc Article 9, Peter Winship
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This book chapter traces the history of Article 9 (Secured Transactions) of the U.S. Uniform Commercial Code. After setting out the pre-1940 legal setting in the United States for the use of movable property in secured transactions, the chapter studies three stages in the evolution of Article 9: (1) the drafting of the first “official” text (1947-1951), (2) the continuing revision of the text and its slow adoption by states (1952-1990), and (3) the thorough-going revision that lead to the present 1998 official text and subsequent minor amendments (1990-present). The chapter notes the growing complexity of the text and the …