1. Introduction PART I THE NATURE OF INTANGIBLE PROPERTY Overview of Part I 2. Nature and Characteristics of Intangibles 3. Rights or Causes of Action 4. Debts 5. Rights Under a Contract 6. Securities 7. Intellectual Property 8.

Leases 9. Documentary Intangibles and Negotiable Instruments PART II THE TRANSFER OF INTANGIBLE PROPERTY Overview of Part II 10. Transfer of Choses in Action: Historical Overview 11. Conceptual Underpinnings 12. Negotiation and the Transfer of Money 13. Assignment of Choses in Action 14. Transfer of Choses in Action on Trust 15. Promises to Assign or Create a Trust 16.

Assignments Under Section 136 of the Law of Property Act 1925 PART III TRANSFERS IN PARTICULAR CONTEXTS Overview of Part III 17. Transfer of Insurance Contracts 18. Transfer of Leases 19. The Transfer of Equity and Debt Securities 20. Transfer of Intellectual Property PART IV INTANGIBLE PROPERTY THAT IS INCAPABLE OF TRANSFER Overview of Part IV 21. Assignment of Burdens 22. Intangibles Not Transferable by Reason of Public Policy 23. The Assignment of Bare Rights to Litigate: Champerty and Maintenance 24.

Personal Obligations 25. Prohibitions on Assignment PART V THE EFFECTS OF ASSIGNMENT, THE PERSISTENCE OF PROPERTY RIGHTS, AND THE VINDICATION OF AN OWNER S RIGHTS Overview of Part V 26. Consequences and Effects of an Assignment 27. Priorities and the Loss of Title 28. Extinction of Intangible Property 29. Vindication of an Owner s Rights PART VI SPECIAL REGIMES FOR TRANSFER Overview of Part VI 30. Insolvency and Assignment 31. Involuntary Transfers PART VII SECURITY 32.

Security over Intangibles PART VIII CONFLICT OF LAWS 33. Assignment and the Conflict of Laws.