This course is designed to cover in-depth knowledge of the Texas Code of Civil Procedure. It covers jurisdiction venue, parties, pleadings, trials, depositions and discovery practices, judgments, new trials, provisional remedies, execution of judgment and the announcement of judgments.
Principal activity is preparation and presentation of papers in the subject matter area.
Credits A study of the nature and scope of judicial relief available after proper establishment of substantive right. Examines bases for relief under theories of equity, law, and restitution. The course covers the general principles of damages, specific performances, injunctions, recession, restriction and reformation. Credits A study of the current state of the law as it applies to the protection of the consumer. Topics include debt collection practices, credit disclosure and regulation, product liability, The Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, the work of the FTC, truth in lending laws, fair credit laws.