Gain insight into the laws governing all of the major steps in the civil litigation process, starting with investigation and ending with post-appeal collateral attacks. This text covers the major themes underlying the governing legal standards and those basic issues that the case law and literature suggest to be the most pressing. References to federal practice and procedure are provided with a discussion on the burden of complex, multi-party litigation on the judicial system.

Civil Procedure (Hornbook)

FRIEDENTHAL, Jack

Miller, Arthur

Kane, Mary

Rules & Procedures

West Academic Publishing

The Tenth Edition of this popular casebook explores cutting edge issues and incorporates new Supreme Court cases that impact subject-matter jurisdiction (Grable), pleading (Twombly), joinder (Pimentel), and other important topics, and also explores the effect of recent federal statutes such as the Class Action Fairness Act. The casebook covers all of the major topics that a professor might wish to teach in a first-year course, and can easily be adapted for courses of one- or two-semesters, of different credit hours, and with varied practical or theoretical emphases.

Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials (American Casebook Series)

SEXTON, John

Hershkoff, Helen

Civil Procedure (Hornbooks)

This handbook, created law students, paralegals, professional fiduciaries and lawyers, offers a detailed, comprehensive treatment of the basic rules and principles of civil procedure. All of the subjects covered are likely to be presented in first year law school courses in civil procedure. It teaches what civil procedure is and how it is used in a court of law. Civil procedure is a system consisting of a set of general elements, devices and policies. Topics are presented as they occur in civil law practice: subject matter and personal jurisdiction and challenges to it; framing the issues to be tried; the parties; discovery; pretrial conference; trial preparation and process; verdicts and judgments: their binding effect, enforcement and review on appeal. The last chapter addresses specialized civil proceedings including class actions, derivative lawsuits and interpleader actions.

Civil Procedure (American Casebook Series)

MILLER, Arthur R.

COUND, John

West Publishing

The Compact Twelfth Edition of this very popular casebook is designed for three- or four-credit civil procedure courses. It provides a framework for studying the essential and cutting-edge issues of civil procedure in an accessible but rigorous way. The materials are designed to reinforce doctrinal understanding, to foster case reading skills, to encourage critical thinking and an appreciation of the real-world context of procedural decisions, and to help develop a sense of litigation strategy. The casebook covers all of the major topics that a professor might wish to teach in a one-semester course of varied practical or theoretical emphases. A supplement provides important teaching material, including all updated Federal Rules, federal statutes and constitutional provisions pertinent to procedure, the pleadings in Twombly and Iqbal, state materials, a litigation flow-chart, and other important teaching tools. New materials include: notes on Supreme Court cases on general jurisdiction; materials on virtual contacts in personal jurisdiction; extensive materials the 2015 amendments to discovery practice, including e-discovery; the NFL concussion litigation; and, the emergence of multi-district litigation as a significant method of group litigation.

Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials, Compact Edition for Shorter Courses (American Casebook Series)

The Twelfth Edition of this very popular casebook provides a framework for studying the essential and cutting-edge issues of civil procedure in an accessible but rigorous way. The materials are designed to reinforce doctrinal understanding, to foster case reading skills, to encourage critical thinking about the real-world context of procedural decisions, and to help develop a sense of litigation strategy. The casebook covers all of the major topics that a professor might wish to teach in a first-year course, and can easily be adapted for courses of one- or two-semesters, of different credit hours, and with varied practical or theoretical emphases. A supplement includes all updated Federal Rules, federal statutes and constitutional provisions pertinent to procedure, the pleadings in Twombly and Iqbal, a model case file, a litigation flow-chart, state materials, and other important teaching tools. New materials include: 
<ul>
<li>Notes on the latest Supreme Court cases on general jurisdiction;</li>
<li>Materials on the role of virtual contacts in determining personal jurisdiction</li>
<li>Notes on the latest Supreme Court cases on diversity jurisdiction and the arising under power</li>
<li>Note on the latest Supreme Court case on specialized venue</li>
<li>Expanded notes on multidistrict litigation and group litigation</li>
<li>Materials on the 2015 amendments to the discovery rules, including e-discovery</li>
<li>Materials on the NFL concussion litigation and ascertainability under Rule 23.</li>
</ul>

The Thirteenth Edition of this very popular casebook provides a framework for studying the essential and cutting-edge issues of civil procedure in an accessible but rigorous way.\nThe authors of the prior editions, Jack H. Friedenthal, Arthur R. Miller, John E. Sexton, and Helen Hershkoff, welcome two new authors to their team, Adam N. Steinman and Troy A. McKenzie. The new edition reflects the uniqueness, talents, and special expertise of these new authors, who individually and together bring tremendous new experiences and backgrounds to an author-team already known for its excellence and distinction.\nAdam N. Steinman, the University Research Professor of Law at the University of Alabama School of Law, is an award-winning teacher and scholar whose work has been cited in hundreds of articles and dozens of judicial opinions. He is an author on the Wright & Miller Federal and Practice & Procedure treatise and an elected member of the American Law Institute. He is also the co-organizer of the Unavailability Workshop for Civil Procedure and the co-editor of the Law Professor Blogs Network’s Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog. Prior to joining the University of Alabama faculty, he was a Professor of Law at Seton Hall University and the University of Cincinnati. His practice experience includes both complex civil litigation and public-interest appellate work.\nTroy A. McKenzie, Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, is an award-winning teacher and scholar who has taken an active role in the procedural rulemaking process. He is a member of the Council of the American Law Institute and has been appointed to the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference of the United States. At NYU, he co-directs the Center on Civil Justice and the Institute of Judicial Administration. Among his practice and public service experiences, he served for two years as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice.\nThe Thirteenth Edition, like the predecessor editions upon which it is based, is designed to reinforce doctrinal understanding, to foster case reading skills, to encourage critical thinking about the real-world context of procedural decisions, to motivate discussion about diversity, inclusion, and equity and the role of courts and civil procedure in promoting those values, and to help develop a sense of litigation strategy in a world that is at once local and global.\nThe casebook covers all of the major topics that a professor might wish to teach in a first-year course, and can easily be adapted for courses of one or two semesters, of different credit hours, and with varied practical or theoretical emphases. A supplement includes all updated Federal Rules, federal statutes, and constitutional provisions pertinent to procedure, the pleadings in Twombly and Iqbal, a model case file, a litigation flow-chart, state materials, and other important teaching tools. The casebook can be used for in-class and remote instruction.

Steinman, Adam

McKenzie, Troy

Friedenthal, Miller, Sexton, and Hershkoff's Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials, 12th (American Casebook Series)

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Civil Procedure (Hornbook)

Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials (American Casebook Series)

Civil Procedure (Hornbooks)

Civil Procedure (American Casebook Series)

Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials, Compact Edition for Shorter Courses (American Casebook Series)

Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials (American Casebook Series)

Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials (American Casebook Series)

Friedenthal, Miller, Sexton, and Hershkoff's Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials, 12th (American Casebook Series)