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OverviewThis new edition of The Law of Assignment provides a comprehensive treatment of the law relating to intangible property or choses in action. It considers all forms of intangible property (debts, rights under contract, securities, intellectual property, leases, rights/causes of action and equitable rights). The book considers the nature of intangible property, how it comes into being and how it is transferred or assigned. It considers the consequences of transfer, including what property cannot be transferred and the difficult question of priorities. The book's approach is both analytical and practical. The first parts of the book focus on general principles regarding intangibles and their transfer. The book then moves on to consider the law relating to particular types of intangibles, securities (paper, immobilized and dematerialized), insurance contracts, leases and intellectual property. There is an expanded section on the taking of security over intangibles, as well as new material on rights or causes of action to reflect recent developments in litigation finance and no-win/no-fee arrangements. The Equities chapter is expanded to cover the transferability of notes and other debt securities, while the section on assignability of debts is expanded to include practical treatment of factoring. Also included is new comparative European and US material. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marcus Smith QC (Barrister at Fountain Court Chambers.) , Nico Leslie (Barrister at Fountin Court Chambers Barrister at Fountain Court Chambers)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 17.50cm , Height: 5.50cm , Length: 25.30cm Weight: 1.700kg ISBN: 9780199585083ISBN 10: 0199585083 Pages: 924 Publication Date: 14 March 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of Contents1: Introduction Part I: The Nature of Intangible Property 2: Nature of Choses in Action 3: Documentary Intangibles 4: Debts 5: Rights Under a Contract 6: Securities 7: Intellectual Property 8: Leases 9: Rights or Causes of Action Part II: The Transfer of Intangible Property 10: Transfer of Choses in Action: Historical Overview 11: Conceptual Underpinnings 12: Negotiation 13: Assignment of Choses in Action 14: Transfer of Choses in Action on Trust 15: Promises to Assign or to Create a Trust 16: Assignments Under Section 136 of the Law of Property Act 1925 Part III: Transfers in Particular Contexts 17: Transfer of Insurance Contracts 18: Transfer of Leases 19: Transfer of Securities 20: Transfer of Intellectual Property Part IV: Intangible Property that is Incapable of Transfer 21: Overview 22: Burdens 23: Public Policy 24: Champerty and Maintenance 25: Personal Obligations 26: Prohibitions on Assignment Part V: The Effects of Assignment, The Persistence of an Owner's Rights and the Vindication of Property Rights 27: Conceptual Underpinnings 28: Loss of Title 29: Extinction of Intangible Property 30: Following and Tracing Property 31: Personal Actions Protecting Property 32: Other Remedies: Subrogation and Set-Off 33: The Continuing Role of the Assignor Part VI: Special Regimes for the Transfer 34: Insolvency and other Special Regimes Part VII: Security 35: Security Part VIII: Conflict of Laws 36: Assignment and the Conflict of LawsReviews"`Review from previous edition The resulting 616-page volume is a triumph of text book writing. It was a job worth doing and Smith has done it exceedingly well. The book is excellently structured and easy to navigate. Its coverage is about as comprehensive as it is possible to wish for...In conclusion, Smith's treatise is a triumph, and one of the most important new works in commercial law for decades... ' Professor Gerard McMeel (2008) 37 CLWR 100 `Smith is overly modest in saying that the English law of assignment is ""unnecessarily complex"" (p140): he resolves a number of complexities, and demonstrates that other complexities are necessary outworkings of the different natures of the various rights concerned. Smith's achievements in these ways can be openly acknowledged, as can the many other good qualities found in his book.' Restitution Law Review - [2008] RLR 257 20/10/2008 `To practitioners in this area of law, this book will be an invaluable companion.' International Company and Commercial Law Review 2008 `...a splendid piece of work. The coverage is comprehensive, practical and brisk...if you are a practitioner needing an answer to (almost) any question on assignment, then Smith must be the choice: readable, well-laid-out and limpidly clear...' Professor Andrew Tettenborn [2007] LMCLQ 571 `This breadth, coupled with Smith's clear writing, gives the work a unique force.' Restitution Law Review - [2008] RLR 257 20/10/2008 `Given the unfathomably diffuse nature of its subject-matter and the lack of any contemporary precedent, it is a tremendous achievement that Smith's book exists at all. Smith has done the legal community a huge service by bringing together much of the relevant primary and secondary material which make up the large, amorphous and growing body of law on assignment and mechanisms having an equivalent effect to transfer in one fairly compact and succinctly written volume.' Chee Ho Tham (2008) 124 LQR 175" Review from previous edition The resulting 616-page volume is a triumph of text book writing. It was a job worth doing and Smith has done it exceedingly well. The book is excellently structured and easy to navigate. Its coverage is about as comprehensive as it is possible to wish for...In conclusion, Smith's treatise is a triumph, and one of the most important new works in commercial law for decades... Professor Gerard McMeel (2008) 37 CLWR 100 Smith is overly modest in saying that the English law of assignment is unnecessarily complex (p140): he resolves a number of complexities, and demonstrates that other complexities are necessary outworkings of the different natures of the various rights concerned. Smith's achievements in these ways can be openly acknowledged, as can the many other good qualities found in his book. Restitution Law Review - [2008] RLR 257 20/10/2008 To practitioners in this area of law, this book will be an invaluable companion. International Company and Commercial Law Review 2008 ...a splendid piece of work. The coverage is comprehensive, practical and brisk...if you are a practitioner needing an answer to (almost) any question on assignment, then Smith must be the choice: readable, well-laid-out and limpidly clear... Professor Andrew Tettenborn [2007] LMCLQ 571 This breadth, coupled with Smith's clear writing, gives the work a unique force. Restitution Law Review - [2008] RLR 257 20/10/2008 Given the unfathomably diffuse nature of its subject-matter and the lack of any contemporary precedent, it is a tremendous achievement that Smith's book exists at all. Smith has done the legal community a huge service by bringing together much of the relevant primary and secondary material which make up the large, amorphous and growing body of law on assignment and mechanisms having an equivalent effect to transfer in one fairly compact and succinctly written volume. Chee Ho Tham (2008) 124 LQR 175 Author InformationMarcus Smith was educated at Balliol College, Oxford (BA 1988, BCL 1990; MA 1992) and the University of Munich. He was called to the Bar in 1991, and has been in practice at Fountain Court ever since. He specialises in all aspects of commercial law, but in particular insurance, reinsurance and banking. He was a lecturer in law at Balliol College (1991-1994), teaching contract, tort and constitutional law. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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