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Strategy And Force In The Liquidation Of Secured Debt, Ronald J. Mann
Strategy And Force In The Liquidation Of Secured Debt, Ronald J. Mann
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The question of why parties use secured debt is one of the most fundamental questions in commercial finance. The commonplace answer focuses on force: A grant of collateral to a lender enhances the lender's ability to collect its debt by enhancing the lender's ability to take possession of the collateral by force and sell it to satisfy the debt. That perspective draws considerable support from the design of the major legal institutions that support secured debt: Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and the less uniform state laws regarding real estate mortgages.
Both of those institutions are designed solely …