Faculty

Steve Nickles

C. C. Hope Chair in Law and Management

Phone: 336.758.4296
Email: snickles@wfu.edu

Selected Publications

Books

  • “Principles of Bankruptcy Law,” (with Epstein) (2007)
  • “Business Reorganization in Bankruptcy,” (3d ed. 2006) (with Scarberry, Klee, Newton)
  • “Bankruptcy (Including BAPCPA): 21st Century Debtor-Creditor Law,” (with Epstein, Markell, & Perris) (2d ed. 2006)
  • “Payments Law,” (with Matthews) (2005)
  • “Secured Debt Deals in the 21st Century,” (with Epstein & Smith) (2003)
  • “Debt -- Bankruptcy, Article 9 and Related Laws,” (with Epstein) (1994)
  • “Modern Commercial Paper: The New Law Of Negotiable Instruments,” (with Matheson & Adams) (1993)
  • “Negotiable Instruments and Check Collection,” (with Speidel) (1993)
  • “Treatise on the Law of Bankruptcy,” (three volumes) (with Epstein & White) (1992)
  • “Cases and Materials on the Uniform Commercial Code,” (with Epstein & Henning) (1988)
  • “Debtors And Creditors: Cases And Materials,” (with Epstein) (1987)
  • “Credit and Payment Systems,” (with Matheson & Dolan) (1987)
  • “Common Law and Equity under the Uniform Commercial Code,” (with Hillman & McDonnell) (1985)
  • “Consumer Law,” (with Epstein) (1981)  

Articles

  • “Behavioral Effect of New Bankruptcy Law on Management and Lawyers,” 50 Ark. L. Rev. 329 (2006)
  • “Deprizio Dead Yet?,” 22 Cardozo L. Rev. 1251 (2001)
  • “Another Way of Thinking About Sources of Supplemental Law,” 3 Chap. L. Rev. 7 (2000)
  • “The National Bankruptcy Review Commission and the Larger Conceptual Issues,” 102 Dick. L. Rev.  679 (1998)
  • “Disgorgement of Fees Paid to a Professional Person in Bankruptcy,” 102 Comm. L. J. 380 (1997)
  • “Collaborative Legal Education in The Learning Revolution,” (1997) (D. Oblin­ger & S. Rush eds.) (with Craig Runde)
  • “Symposium: Bankruptcy Reforms for the Bankruptcy Commission ­Consider Process before Substance, Commercial Law Consequences of the Bankruptcy System,” 69 Am.Bankr.L.J. 589 (1996)
  • “Managing the Paper Trail: A Revised Filing System,” 79 Minn. L. Rev. 877 (1995) (with Adams & Sande)
  • “Pawnbrokers, Police and Property Rights -- A Proposed Constitu­tional Balance,” 47 Ark. L. Rev. 793 (1994) (with Adams)
  • “Amending the Article 9 Filing System to Meet Current Deficiencies,” 59 Mo. L. Rev. 833 (1994); (with Adams)
  • “Wedding Carlson and Schwartz: Understanding Secured Credit As a Fuzzy System,” 80 Vir. L. Rev. 2233 (1994) (with Adams & Ressler)
  • “Tracing Proceeds to Attorneys’ Pockets (and the Dilemma of Paying for Bankruptcy),” 78 Minn. L. Rev. 501 (1994) (with Adams)
  • “Radical Reductionism in Debtor-Creditor Law,” 39 Cath. U. L. Rev. 765 (1990)
  • “Setting Farmers Free: Righting the Unintended Anomaly of UCC Section 9-312(2),” 71 Minn. L. Rev. 1135 (1987)
  • “Remedies for Enforcing U.C.C. Article 9 Security Interests Against Subordinate Secured Parties,” 68 Iowa L. Rev. 217 (1983)
  • “Enforcing Article 9 Security Interests against Subordinate Buyers of Collateral,” 50 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 511 (1982)
  • “Accessions and Accessories under Pre-Code Law and U.C.C. Article 9,” 35 Ark. L. Rev. 111 (1981)
  • “A Localized Treatise on Secured Transactions -- Part II: Creating Security Interests,” 34 Ark. L. Rev. 559 (1981)
  • “A Localized Treatise on Secured Transactions -- Part I: Scope of Ar­ticle 9,” 34 Ark. L. Rev. 377 (1980)
  • “Rethinking Some U.C.C. Article 9 Problems - Subrogation; Equita­ble Liens; Actual Knowledge; Waiver of Security Interests; Se­cured Party Liability for Conversion,” 34 Ark. L. Rev. 1 (1980)
  • “State Action and Statutory Liens in Arkansas,” 2 U.A.L.R. L.J. 369 (1979)
  • “Creditors’ Provisional Remedies and Debtors’ Due Process Rights: Statutory Liens in Arkansas,” 32 Ark. L. Rev. 185 (1978)
  • “Attachment and Garnishment in Arkansas,” 31 Ark. L. Rev. 607 (1978)
  • “Problems of Sources of Law Relationships under the Uniform Commercial Code - Part II: The English Approach and a Solution to the Methodological Problem,” 31 Ark. L. Rev. 171 (1977)
  • “Problems of Sources of Law Relationships under the Uniform Commercial Code - Part I: The Methodological Problem and the Civil Law Approach,” 31 Ark. L. Rev. 1 (1977)
  • “Examining and Grading in American Law Schools,” 30 Ark. L. Rev. 11 (1977).