Commercial Law Resource Guide
Introduction
Legislation, Regulation, and Case Law
Major Treatises and Practice Guides
Study Aids
Searching Scholar and Ohiolink
Journal Articles and Current Awareness Services
Aggregate Files and Other Web Resources
Introduction
Commercial Law (Law 601) is "A survey of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), except for Articles 8 and 9, with emphasis on Articles 2, 3, and 4 dealing with sales, negotiable instruments and bank collections. In addition, some consumer laws and federal regulations on sales and bank collections are addressed. Lesser emphasis is given to UCC Articles 2A, 4A, 5 and 7 on leases, wire transfers, letters of credit and documents of title; UCC Article 6 on bulk transfers is also covered briefly". The Secured Transactions course covers issues related to Article 9 of the UCC, and a Secured Transactions Resource Guide lists Law Library resources related to that area.
This selective guide highlights major print and electronic resources available to Cleveland Marshall Law School students researching issues in Commercial Law. Please contact the Research Services librarians during their regularly scheduled hours, or via email to research.services@law.csuohio.edu for help in locating these or other resources to meet your needs.
Legislation, Regulation, and Case Law
Uniform Commercial Code - National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws site. Select a specific UCC Article and/or a specific state to get summary and current status of Uniform Acts.
NCCUSL Drafts and Final Acts - from the University of Pennsylvania Biddle Law Library site.
UCC Text (Westlaw - UCC-TEXT)
Uniform Commercial Code, in Uniform Laws Annotated, Master ed. / West Publishing Co./ 1968 - . KF 879 .A45 U5 (Westlaw: ULA )
LexisNexis - Official Text and Comments - UCC
Westlaw - UCC Permanent Editorial Board Commentary (UCC-PEB)
Uniform Commercial Code: [Revised Articles, Discussion Drafts] / Philadelphia, Pa.: American Law Institute; Chicago, Ill.: National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. KF 879 .A2 U75
See SCHOLAR, title search: Uniform Commercial Code to locate print format drafts, etc. for various Articles.
Uniform Commercial Code:
Article 1 - General Provisions
Article 2 - Sales
Article 2A - Leases
Article 3 - Negotiable Instruments
Article 4 - Bank Deposits and Collections
Article 4A - Funds Transfers
Article 5 - Letters of Credit
Article 6 - (Revised or repealed) - Bulk Sales
Article 7 - Documents of Title
Article 8 - Investment Securities
Article 9 - Secured Transactions
Article 10 - Effective Date and Repealer
Article 11 - Effective Date and Transition Provisions
Ohio:
Ohio Revised Code -- Chapter 1303 Commercial Paper and Chapter 1304 Bank Deposits and Collections (via LAWriter from the State of Ohio website.) Unannotated. For Ohio's two annotated codes see:
Baldwin's Ohio Revised Code Annotated / West Pub. Co., 1994 - Print. KFO 30 1953 .A4 (Westlaw OH-ST-ANN)
Page's Ohio Revised Code Annotated / Anderson Pub. Co., 1953 - Print. KFO 30 1953 .P3 ( LexisNexis: Ohio Revised Code )
LexisNexis UCC Reporting Service - State Variation Tables
Code of Federal Regulations (Via GPO Access) for
Federal Trade Commission - Commercial Practices Regulations, Title 16
Board of Governors of Federal Reserve System Regulations, Title 12
LexisNexis - Federal Register and CFR Documents - UCC
Westlaw - CFR - Federal Commercial Law and Contracts sections: FCML-CFR
LexisNexis – Ohio Uniform Commercial Code Cases Selected caselaw relating to Uniform Commercial Code law from OH combined cases decided by the Ohio Supreme Court, Ohio Court of Appeals and various Ohio Miscellaneous Courts. Federal & State Cases - Uniform Commercial Code Cases for the multistate library of Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) cases.
LexisNexis - UCC Reporter Digest - William F. Willier & Frederick M. Hart / Matthew Bender / by UCC code section, with text and state variations, Permanent Editorial Board Reports.
Westlaw - OHCML-CS Cases from Ohio state courts that relate to the Uniform Commercial Code.
For federal and state cases from the West National Reporter System and the Uniform Commercial Code Reporting Service / Clark Boardman Callaghan: (Westlaw - UCC-CS)
Multistate Commercial Law & Contracts - Cases (Westlaw - MCML-CS)
LexisNexis (Topical Materials by Area of Practice > Commercial Law & Contracts > State Cases > Key Number Service topics ) .
Major Treatises and Practice Guides
Selected significant treatises and practice guides in the Law Library collection or available for Law students via LexisNexis or Westlaw which provide a foundation in issues of commercial law include the following:
Brady on Bank Checks - The Law of Bank Checks, rev. ed. / Henry J. Bailey; Richard B. Hagedorn / Arlington, VA: Warren, Gorham & Lamont Banking, A.S. Pratt & Sons, 1997 - . 2 vols. KF 960 .B3 1997 (Westlaw - BRADY - not available under the law school subscription agreement)
Commercial Law and Practice Guide (LexisNexis: Legal > Secondary Legal > Matthew Bender > By Area of Law > Uniform Commercial Code > Commercial Law and Practice Guide )
Consumer Banking and Payments Law - Credit, Debit & Stored Value Cards, Checks, Money Orders, E-sign, Electronic Banking and Benefit Payments, 3rd ed. / Mark Budnitz, Margot Saunders / Boston, MA: National Consumer Law Center, 2005 - . KF 974 .B83 2005
Current Legal Forms with Tax Analysis - Commercial / Matthew Bender / LexisNexis
Debtor-Creditor Law / Theodore Eisenberg / Matthew Bender / LexisNexis
Damages Under the UCC / Roy Ryden Anderson / West (Westlaw - DAMAGESUCC)
Forms and Procedures Under the UCC / Frederick M. Hart / Mathew Bender / LexisNexis
Hawkland's Uniform Commercial Code Series / Frederick H. Miller, ed. Derived from an 19-vol. treatise providing analysis and commentary by article. (Westland - HAWKLAND)
The Law of Modern Payment Systems and Notes, Practitioner's ed. / Fred H. Miller, Alvin C. Harrell / St. Paul, MN.: West Group, 2002. (Practitioner Treatise Series) KF 957 .M55 2002
Lawrence's Anderson on the Uniform Commercial Code, 3rd ed. / Lary Lawrence / St. Paul, MN: West Group, 1981 - . Multi-volume looseleaf set. KF 879.514 .A53 1981 (Westlaw - ANDR-UCC)
The Lawyer's Guide to Modern Payment Methods - ACH, Debit, Credit and More / Fred H. Miller / Chicago: American Bar Association, 2007. KF 957 .M54 2007
Securitizations : Legal and Regulatory Issues / Patrick D. Dolan, C. VanLeer Davis III. / Law Journal Press, 2000- 1 volume looseleaf. KF1050 .D65 2000
Uniform Commercial Code, 5th ed. / James J. White, Robert S. Summers / St. Paul, MN: West Group, 2002 - (Practitioner Treatise Series) Multi-volume, supplemented. KF 890 .W45 2002
When complete will replace the 4th ed. KF 890 .W45 1995
Williston on Sales, 5th ed. / Samuel Williston, Deborah L. Nelson, Jennifer L. Howicz / Deerfield, IL: Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1994 - Mult-vol., supplemented. KF 915 .W5
American Jurisprudence Legal Forms 2d / West / KF 170 .A542
Am Jur Legal Forms 2d - Commercial Transactions (Westlaw - AMJURLF-CML)
Ohio Forms Legal & Business / West / (Business Transactions Chapter 40.) KFO 68.O35 Multi-volume set of text and forms most commonly used in Ohio, arranged under topics that conform to traditional Ohio classification of legal subjects. (Westlaw - OH-LF)
Ohio Forms & Transactions : Business & Commercial (Westlaw - OHFT-BUS)
Ohio Transaction Guide : Legal Forms . M. Bender, 1975 - . KFO 213 .A65 O35 - (LexisNexis - Ohio Transaction Guide ) For example: Chapter 144 - Sales of Goods
Study Aids
Outline of Subjects Tested on Essay Portion of Ohio Bar Examination / Ohio Board of Bar Examiners / Columbus, OH: Supreme Court of Ohio, Nov. 2002 ed. / Reserve KFO 76 .Z9 O8546
Outlines the subjects tested on the essay portion of the Ohio Bar Examination in order to provide a guide to bar examiners in drafting the essay questions. Chapter 3 Commercial Transactions includes Part A: Article 4A Funds Transfers beginning on p.22, and Part B: Commercial Paper, beginning on p. 25.
The ABCs of the UCC - Revised Article 1, General Provisions / Fred H. Miller; Amelia H. Boss, ed. / Chicago, Ill.: Section of Business Law, American Bar Association, 2002. KF 890 .Z95 M54 2002
The ABCs of the UCC - Article 3, Negotiable Instruments and Article 4, Bank Deposits and Collections, 2nd ed. / Stephen C. Veltri / Chicago, Ill.: Section of Business Law, American Bar Association, 2004. KF 957 .V45 2004
The ABCs of the UCC. Article 5, Letters of Credit / James G. Barnes, James E. Byrne, Amelia H. Boss / Chicago, IL: Section of Business Law, American Bar Association, 1998. KF 1028 .Z95 B37 1998
The ABCs of the UCC - Related and Supplementary Consumer Law, 2nd ed. / Fred H. Miller, John D. Lackey / Chicago, Ill., 2004. KF 1609 .M55 2004
The ABCs of the UCC - Related Insolvency Law, 2nd ed. / Fred H. Miller, Alvin C. Harrell / Chicago, Ill.: American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, 2006. KF 1526 .M55 2006
Business Basics for Law Students - Essential Concepts and Applications, 3rd ed. / Robert W. Hamilton, Richard A. Booth / New York: Aspen Law & Business, 2002. KF 889 .H238 2002
The Law of Modern Payment Systems / Fred H. Miller, Alvin C. Harrell / St. Paul, MN: Thomson/West, 2003 (2006 supp.) (Hornbook Series) KF 957 .M55 2003
Negotiable Instruments and Check Collection in a Nutshell, 4th ed. / Richard E. Speidel, Steve H. Nickles / St. Paul: West Pub. Co., 1993. (Nutshell Series.) KF 957 .Z9 S63 1993
Payment Systems - Examples & Explanations, 3rd ed. / James Brook / New York: Aspen Publishers, 2007. (Examples and Explanations Series) KF 933 .B76 2007
Payments Law in a Nutshell / Steve H. Nickles, Mary Beth Matthews / St. Paul: Thomson/West, 2005. (Nutshell Series) KF 957 .Z9 N528 2005
Sales and Leases - Examples and Explanations, 3rd ed. / James Brook / New York: Aspen Publishers, 2003. ( Examples & Explanations Series) KF 915 .Z9 B74 2003
Sales and Leases of Goods in a Nutshell, 4th ed. / Frederick H. Miller / St. Paul, MN: Thomson/West, 2003. (Nutshell Series) KF 915 .Z9 S7 2003
Secured Transactions and Payment Systems - Problems and Answers, 2nd ed. / Leo L. Clarke et al. / New York: Aspen Publishers, 2003. KF 1050 .Z9 S39 2003
Understanding Negotiable Instruments and Payment Systems / William H. Lawrence / Newark, NJ: LexisNexis, 2002. (Understanding Series) KF 957 .L394 2002
Understanding Sales and Leases of Goods / William H. Lawrence, William H. Henning / New York: Matthew Bender, 1999. (Understanding Series) KF 915 .L395 1999
Uniform Commercial Code, 5th ed. / James J. White and Robert S. Summers / St. Paul, MN: West Group, 2000. KF890 .W45 2000b (Westlaw – WS-UCC - not available under the law school subscription agreement)
Uniform Commercial Code in a Nutshell, 6th ed. / Bradford Stone / St. Pau, MN: Thomson/West, 2005. (Nutshell Series) KF 889.3 .S68 2005
CALI (Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction) Library of Lessons (Tutorials) -- Commercial Transactions highlights Commercial Law tutorials available to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Students. You must register a personal password with CALI to use these tutorials. If you are a Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Student, and have not yet accessed CALI via our Law School subscription, Students click here
CALI Commercial Law tutorials include: Documents of Title Under Article 7 of the UCC, ITT v. LTX: An Interactive Exploration of Article 2, The Law of Equipment Leasing - Article 2A of the UCC, UCC Remedies: An Introduction.
Searching Scholar and Ohiolink
Search SCHOLAR (our online catalog) or OhioLINK (the statewide consortium of libraries) under the following subject headings:
Bank Deposits -- Law and legislation -- United States
Banking law -- United States
Check Collection Systems -- Law and Legislation -- United States
Checks -- United States
Commercial law -- United States
Commercial law -- United States -- States
Consumer credit -- Law and legislation
Consumer Protection -- Law and legislation -- United States
Leases -- United States
Letters of Credit -- United States
Negotiable instruments -- United States
Payment -- United States
Sales -- United States
Uniform Commercial Code
Journal Articles and Current Awareness Services
See Finding Articles in Law Reviews, Journals and Other Legal Periodicals for an explanation of the legal periodical indexes and databases available to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law students and the CSU community.
Because there are only a few journals that are specifically Commercial Law titles, you are strongly encouraged to start with an index to identify articles, and then go to the full text of the articles. There are two major indexes:
Legal Resource Index (Westlaw: LRI ) ( LexisNexis for law students: Legal Resource Index. Not included on LexisNexis Academic. Print version: Current Law Index / Information Access, 1980 - . Reference K 33 .C87
Check under Commercial Law.
Index to Legal Periodicals (1981 - current) and Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective (for earlier coverage) are available in the Law Library, including at the Legal Research Workstations.( No longer available via OhioLINK.)
(Westlaw - ILP) (LexisNexis - Index to Legal Periodicals)
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books / H.W. Wilson , 1926 - Print version - Reference KF 8 .I54
Check under subjects such as: Commercial Law, Negotiable Instruments, Sales, Uniform Commercial Code
Journals:
Business Law Journal. Coral Gables, FL : Business Law Society of the University of Miami School of Law, 1990 - . K 2 .U76
The Business Lawyer. Chicago, American Bar Association. Section of Corporation, Banking and Business, v.1/3 (1946/1948) - K 2 .U82 (Westlaw - BUSLAW)
Commercial Law Journal. Chicago, Ill. : Commercial Law League of America, [1930-2002] K 3 .O52 (Lexis - COMLJ)
Debt [cubed] Chicago, IL: Commercial Law League of America, 2004 - Continues Commercial Law Bulletin. KF 872 .C65
DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal. DePaul University College of Law and the Commercial Law League of America, 2002 - K 4 .E63 (Westlaw - DPLBCLJ )
Duquesne University Business Law Journal. Pittsburgh, Pa.: Duquesne University School of Law, v.1(1999) - . K 4 .U658 (Westlaw - DUQBLJ)
The Journal of Law and Commerce . University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1981 - . K 10 .O87083 (Westlaw - JLCOM)
The Practical Lawyer. Philadelphia: American Law Institute-American Bar Association, Committee on Continuing Professional Education [etc.], v.1(1955) - K 16 .R34 (LexisNexis - PRACLW)
Uniform Commercial Code Law Journal. Boston: Warren, Gorham and Lamont, v.1(1968/1969 - ) K 25 .N42 (Westlaw - UCCLJ)
Aggregate Files and Other Web Resources
Westlaw > All Databases > Topical Materials by Area of Practice > Commercial Law & Contracts > Uniform Commercial Code Searchable databases include the UCC, federal and state cases relating to the UCC; journal articles, and practice oriented materials.
LexisNexis - Area of Law - by Topic - Commercial Law (UCC) Searchable databases include UCC Articles, Statutes, Other Uniform Laws, Regulations & Administrative Materials, federal and state UCC cases, forms & drafting instructions, legal reference materials, Model ADR practices and procedures, law reviews and journals, treatises and analytical materials, legal and general news.
LexisNexis - Legal > Area of Law - By Topic > Commercial Law Another approach - Search the databases of Cases, Find Statutes, Uniform Laws, Regulations & Administrative Materials, Forms & Drafting Instructions, Analysis and Law Reviews & Journals, Directories, and other resources
LexisNexis - Research Tasks > Commercial Law
Legal Information Institute (Cornell): Commercial Law
Jurist Law Guides: Commercial Law
Marie Rehmar 6/28/07;rev.8/13 & 9/17/07;4/29/08