This High Court: Civil Procedure (keyed to the Yeazell textbook) provides case summaries on civil procedure, examining procedural basis, facts, issues, decisions, and rationale. Convenient memory aids include headnotes, instant facts, black-letter rules, case vocabulary, and graphics.
The chapters discuss many topics, including: Introduction to Civil Procedure, Jurisdiction over Parties and Property, Notice and Opportunity to be Heard, Subject Matter Jurisdiction, Venue, Transfer and Forum Non Conveniens, Ascertaining the Applicable Law, Development of Modern Procedure, The Modern Pleading, Joinder of Claims and Parties, Class Actions, Depositions and Discovery, Pretrial Management, Adjudication Without Trial, Trial Procedure, Securing and Enforcing Judgments, Appellate Review, Alternate Dispute Resolutions, Res Judicata, and Collateral Estoppel.
Features and Benefits:
Allows fast, easy, and on-point research;
Extensive summaries of High Court cases on civil procedure;
Discusses procedural basis, facts, issues, decisions, and rationale;
Provides headnotes, instant facts, black-letter rules, case vocabulary, and graphics;
Includes an alphabetical Table of Cases.
Table of Contents includes:
An Overview of Procedure;
Personal Jurisdiction;
Subject Matter Jurisdiction of Federal Courts;
The Erie Problem;
Incentives to Litigate;
Pleading;
Discovery;
Resolution Without Trial;
Identifying the Trier;
Trial;
Appeal;
Respect for Judgments;
Joinder. |