Friedenthal, Jack H.,

Civil procedure : cases and materials / by Jack H. Friedenthal, Edward F. Howrey Professor of Law, George Washington University; Arthur R. Miller, University Professor, New York University, fomerly Bruce Bromley Professor of Law, Harvard University; John E. Sexton, President and Benjamin Butler Professor of Law, New York University; Helen Hershkoff, Herbert M. and Svetlana Wachtell, Professor of Constitutional Law and Civil Liberties, New York University. - Eleventh edition. - USA West Academic Publishing 2013 - lxxxii, 1367 pages ; 27 cm. + teacher's manual. - American casebook series .

Includes bibliographical references (pages li-lxxxii) and index.

A survey of the civil action -- Jurisdiction over parties or their property -- Providing notice and an opportunity to be heard -- Jurisdiction over the subject matter of the action : the court's competency -- Venue, transfer, and forum non conveniens -- Ascertaining the applicable law -- The development of modern procedure -- Modern pleading -- Joinder of claims and of parties : expanding the scope of the civil action -- Class actions -- Pretrial devices for obtaining information : depositions and discovery -- Case management -- Adjudication without trial or by special proceeding -- Trial -- Securing and enforcing judgments -- Appellate review -- The binding effect of prior decisions : res judicata and collateral estoppel -- Alternative dispute resolution.

9780314280169 (cloth) 0314280162 (cloth) 9780314290557 (pbk. : teacher's manual)

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Civil procedure--United States.


Casebooks (Law)

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