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U.C.C. Survey: General Provisions, Bulk Transfers, And Documents Of Title, David Frisch Jan 1988

U.C.C. Survey: General Provisions, Bulk Transfers, And Documents Of Title, David Frisch

Law Faculty Publications

This article reviews case law and related developments during 1987, under articles 1, 2, 6, and 7 of the Uniform Commercial Code.


Basic Uniform Commercial Code: Teaching Materials, David G. Epstein Jan 1988

Basic Uniform Commercial Code: Teaching Materials, David G. Epstein

Law Faculty Publications

These materials cover extensions of credit secured by a lien on personal property, sales of goods, commercial paper, credit cards, electronic funds transfer systems, and letters of credit. Some aspects of these subjects are regulated by federal statutes; some aspects are covered only by judicial decisions. Notwithstanding the important body of federal law and common law, the Uniform Commercial Code dominates this book.


An Empirical Case Study Of Informal Alternative Dispute Resolution, Ronald J. Bacigal Jan 1988

An Empirical Case Study Of Informal Alternative Dispute Resolution, Ronald J. Bacigal

Law Faculty Publications

The following Article is taken from that portion of Merhige's biography that addresses the Westinghouse uranium case of the 1970s, perhaps the first of the major "complex cases" to attract national attention. This case study provides an opportunity to examine a judicial decision making process involving four years of litigation, international discovery proceedings, judicial administrative guidelines, diverse national precepts of economics and politics, the interplay between the free market and multinational cartels and embargoes, and lastly, the personality of the trial judge. Shunning any pretense of passivity, Merhige initiated proceedings in the Westinghouse case by ignoring administrative protocol in order …


Gender Issues And The Prosser, Wade, And Schwartz Torts Casebook, Carl W. Tobias Jan 1988

Gender Issues And The Prosser, Wade, And Schwartz Torts Casebook, Carl W. Tobias

Law Faculty Publications

Feminist jurisprudence is burgeoning. During the 1980s, there has been much excellent work in areas such as legal theory and practice, women's legal history, and specific substantive fields of law. Some law faculty also have analyzed gender bias in legal casebooks. Moreover, the eighth edition of William Prosser's renowned Cases and Materials on Torts, the most widely used torts casebook in American law schools, is scheduled for classroom use in the autumn of 1988. All of these developments make this a promising time to consider gender issues and Prosser, Wade, and Schwartz. This paper is meant to begin that discussion …


Wills, Trusts And Estates (Annual Survey Of Virginia Law, 1987-88), J. Rodney Johnson Jan 1988

Wills, Trusts And Estates (Annual Survey Of Virginia Law, 1987-88), J. Rodney Johnson

Law Faculty Publications

The 1988 session of the General Assembly enacted legislation dealing with wills, trusts, and estates that added, amended, or repealed a number of sections of the Code of Virginia (the Code). In addition to this legislation, there were six cases from the Virginia Supreme Court, and one case from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, in the year ending June 1, 1988, that involved issues of interest to both the general practitioner and the specialist in wills, trusts, and estates. This article analyzes each of these legislative and judicial developments.


Court Costs In Virginia, William Hamilton Bryson Jan 1988

Court Costs In Virginia, William Hamilton Bryson

Law Faculty Publications

Costs are certain official expenses of litigation that the court orders the losing party to pay to the prevailing party. They are not a part of the judgment but are appurtenant to it.