Civil Procedure: Doctrine, Practice, and Content / Edition 5

by Stephen N. Subrin, Martha L. Minow, Mark S. Brodin, Thomas O. Main

Overview

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Written by respected scholars and experienced educators, this book showcases rules and doctrine of civil procedure at work in actual practice of law. The procedural and nonprocedural aspects of the cases are thought-provoking, to hold students’ interest. Each chapter contains a well-written introduction, cases, and clear explanations of the doctrine, supported by comments and questions which deepen students’ understanding and clarify key concepts. This book also includes more than forty well-crafted problems the can be used in or out of class to to help students solidify their understanding of the materials. In-class exercises and simulations based on two sample case files are integrated throughout. Pleadings, memoranda, transcripts, exhibits, motions, and more – all taken from real cases – appear in the Appendix.

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• All cases and notes have been updated so that the book is current through the early part of 2016
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• Two sample case files with transcripts, memoranda, exhibits, motions integrated throughout book
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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454868378
Publisher:	Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Publication date:	07/28/2016
Series:	Aspen Casebook Series
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	1320
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 10.20(h) x 2.00(d)

Table of Contents

Summary of Contents

Chapter 1. An Introduction to Civil Procedure

Chapter 2. Remedies and Stakes

Chapter 3. Thinking Like a Trial Lawyer, Pleadings, and Simple Joinder

Chapter 4. Discovery

Chapter 5. The Right to Jury Trial and Judicial Control of Results

Chapter 6. Questioning and Taming the Current System

Chapter 7. The Choice of an Appropriate Court: Personal Jurisdiction, Notice, and Venue

Chapter 8. The Choice of an Appropriate Court: Subject Matter Jurisdiction and Removal

Chapter 9. Choice of Federal or State Law—The Erie Doctrine

Chapter 10. Finality and Preclusion

Chapter 11. Class Actions: It All Comes Together

Case Files:
Carpenter vs. Dee

City of Cleveland Firefighters