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Hello! I'm Passerculus90, and this is my user page.

My Interests

• English and Latin grammar (specifically, morphology and syntax)
  • My favorite English-language writers include Neal Stephenson, Charles Bukowski, George Orwell, and George R. R. Martin.
  • My favorite Latin writers include Ovid, Catullus, Virgil, and Martial.
• Law and jurisprudence (principally U.S. law and jurisprudence)
  • Bankruptcy law (particular topics: Ch. 7; Ch. 11; treatment of liens/security interests in bankruptcy)
  • Administrative law (particular topics: APA; agency rulemaking and judicial review thereof; Chevron doctrine)
  • Constitutional law (particular topics: Separation-of-powers jurisprudence; federal preemption jurisprudence)
  • Securities law and financial regulation (particular topics: Rule 144A; Volcker Rule; regulation of credit derivatives)
  • Tax law (particular topics: Corporate taxation; taxation of financial products)
  • Property law (particular topics: Realty; personalty; liens/security interests in each; litigation concerning MERS)
  • Civil procedure (particular topics: Claim preclusion and issue preclusion; federal civil procedure; Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 and class action jurisprudence)
• Finance
  • Securitization and structured finance
  • Asset-backed securities and CDOs/CLOs
  • Real estate finance
• Audio engineering

Articles to Which I've Contributed

• Carthago delenda est
  • Edited the Grammatical analysis section and added additional material thereto
• Bank of America, N. A. v. Caulkett
  • Created article; principal contributor

Articles in Progress

Revisions

• Revision of Nobelman v. American Savings Bank, 508 U.S. 324 (1993).
  • Draft of revised article available here

Potential Future Projects

• Commissioner v. Tufts (clean-up; add content)
• Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (total overhaul; add content)
• Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (total overhaul; add content)