Civil Procedure: Cases and Problems / Edition 6

by Barbara Allen Babcock, Toni M. Massaro, Norman W. Spaulding

Overview

This vibrant casebook helps students understand the system for settling civil disputes, the lawyer's role in representing clients, and the uses of procedural rules. Authors Babcock and Massaro cover standard topics and cases in a context that facilitates understanding of this difficult course. Professors particularly remark on its superb coverage of Personal Jurisdiction.

To unite the disparate topics that make civil procedure so challenging while keeping their book student—friendly, the authors:

present efficient explanatory text and speak directly in the notes and comments, shunning Delphic questions and string cites

open major sections with "problem cases" and materials drawn from a wide range of sources —— cases, statutes, and historical, sociolegal, or journalistic materials

use traditional cases but emphasize the identities and motivations of the litigants

stress the lawyer's role and issues of professional responsibility.

Civil Procedure opens with a two—chapter overview of procedural due process and the decision—makers who affect it. The next five chapters proceed chronologically through the stages of a lawsuit, from pleadings to appeals. The final chapter summarizes the entire course by presenting an appellate case on every topic covered.

This remarkable casebook helps students learn all the basics in a memorable, engaging manner.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454876458
Publisher:	Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Publication date:	05/11/2017
Series:	Aspen Casebook Series
Edition description:	New
Pages:	1416
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 10.20(h) x 2.00(d)

Table of Contents

• Due Process of Law
• Constructing a Civil Lawsuit
• Discovery of the Adversary's Case
• Dispositions and Adjudications
• Decision Makers and Decision Models
• More Complex Litigation

Repose: Ending Disputes