The law of assignment : the creation and transfer of choses in action / Marcus Smith.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.

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Choses in action -- Great Britain.

Assignments (Law) -- Great Britain.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. Introduction

Nature and characteristics of choses in action

Classification and creation of choses in action

Contracts and third parties

Transfer of choses in action: historical overview

Conceptual underpinnings

Assignment of choses in action

Transfer of choses in action on trust

Promises to assign or create a trust

Assignments under Section 136 of the Law of Property Act 1925

Security over choses in action

Unassignable choses

Consequences and effects of an assignment: the rule that the debtor shall not be prejudiced

Insolvency and assignment

Priorities

Involuntary assignments

Insurance contracts

Leases over land

Shares

Intellectual property

Documentary intangibles and money

Assignments and the conflict of laws.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the assignment of choses in action. A major feature of the book is that it deals specifically with the peculiarities of the various different choses in action recognised by English law.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780199284368

lxxv, 637 p. ; 25 cm