Unless otherwise announced, class presentation and discus­sion presume that class members are familiar with the assigned materials.  The text for this course is Ronald J. Mann, Payment Systems and Other Financial Transactions: Cases, Materials and Problems (2003), and Commercial and Debtor-Creditor Law (Selected Statutes) (2003).  I also recommend the West hornbook, White & Summers, Uniform Commercial Code (5th ed 2000.).  The West book, Commercial Paper in a Nutshell, by Stone (5th ed. 2002) may also be helpful in students gaining an overview of the course materials.  The hornbook and nutshell are secondary materials, nothing will be more helpful than the student gaining a working knowledge of the Code.