Civil procedure
By: Joseph W. Glannon, Andrew M. Perlman, Peter Raven-Hansen
Contributors: Perlman, Andrew M. (Andrew Marcus); Raven-Hansen, Peter, 1946-
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1287
ISBN-13: 9780735597891
Subjects: Civil procedure
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to American courts; title: Litigation process and sources of procedural law; title: Diversity jurisdiction in the federal courts; title: Federal question jurisdiction; title: Removal of cases from state to federal court; title: The evolution of personal jurisdiction; title: Specific in personam jurisdiction; title: Other constitutional bases for personal jurisdiction; title: Long-arm statutes; title: The constitutional requirement of notice and methods of service of process; title: Basic venue : statutory allocation of cases within a court system; title: Challenges to venue : transfers and dismissals; title: Basic pleading; title: Responding to the complaint (or not?); title: Care and candor in pleading; title: Amending pleadings; title: Joinder of claims and parties; title: Complex joinder : intervention, interpleader, and required parties; title: Class actions; title: Supplemental jurisdiction in the federal courts; title: Informal investigation and the scope of discovery; title: Discovery tools; title: Discovery control and abuse; title: State law in federal courts : the Erie doctrine; title: Substance and procedure under the Erie doctrine; title: Pretrial case management; title: Dispositions without trial; title: The right to jury trial; title: Judgment as a matter of law (directed verdict and JNOV); title: Controlling the jury; title: New trial and relief from judgment; title: Appeals; title: Claim preclusion; title: Issue preclusion : further limits to relitigation.