Civil procedure
Subtitle: cases and materials
By: 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
Contributors: Miller, Arthur R. (Arthur Raphael), 1934- author; Sexton, John Edward, 1942- author; Hershkoff, Helen, 1953- author
Edition: Eleventh edition.
Series: American casebook series
Publisher: West
Published: 2013
Place of publication: St. Paul, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1367
ISBN-13: 9780314280169; 9780314290557
Subjects: Civil procedure
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages li-lxxxii) and index.
Table of contents: title: A survey of the civil action; title: Jurisdiction over parties or their property; title: Providing notice and an opportunity to be heard; title: Jurisdiction over the subject matter of the action : the court's competency; title: Venue, transfer, and forum non conveniens; title: Ascertaining the applicable law; title: The development of modern procedure; title: Modern pleading; title: Joinder of claims and of parties : expanding the scope of the civil action; title: Class actions; title: Pretrial devices for obtaining information : depositions and discovery; title: Case management; title: Adjudication without trial or by special proceeding; title: Trial; title: Securing and enforcing judgments; title: Appellate review; title: The binding effect of prior decisions : res judicata and collateral estoppel; title: Alternative dispute resolution.