Civil Procedure [Connected Casebook] (Aspen Casebook) - Hardcover

Stephen C. Yeazell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1454807105 ISBN 13: 9781454807100

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer, 2012

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Students love Yeazell’s Civil Procedure because he makes this mysterious and intimidating subject approachable, without watering it down. An effective overview of procedure, Yeazell gives students a working knowledge of the system and offers user-friendly techniques for statutory analysis. Carefully chosen and edited cases are fleshed out by introductions and notes that inform case analysis and highlight important connections. Thoroughly updated with recent cases and materials, the Eighth Edition introduces new text boxes: brief summaries of key points, reflections on the implications of case decisions; and historical perspective and context.

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About this title

About the Author:

Stephen Yeazell writes about the history and theory of procedure and about the dynamics of modern civil litigation. He teaches courses that correspond to these interests: Civil Procedure, Contemporary Civil Litigation, International Civil Litigation. He has received the campus s highest awards for his teaching (the University's Distinguished Teaching Award) as well as for his research (the UCLA Faculty Research Lectureship); he was also the first recipient of the School of Law's Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching. He served as Associate Dean of the School of Law from, as chair of the UCLA Academic Senate, and as Interim Dean of the School of Law in 2009-10. Before studying law, Professor Yeazell did graduate work in English literature and taught English and history in junior high schools in New York City, an experience, he reports, that has made him appreciate the relative calm of even the feistiest law school class. After law school, he clerked for Justice Mathew Tobriner of the California Supreme Court. Professor Yeazell's books include From Medieval Group Litigation to the Modern Class Action (1987); Civil Procedure (8th ed., 2012), and Contemporary Civil Litigation (2009). He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Science.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1454807105
• ISBN 13: 9781454807100
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 960