Civil Procedure: Doctrine, Practice, and Content (Aspen Casebook) - Hardcover

Subrin, Stephen N.; Minow, Martha L.; Brodin, Mark S.; Main, Thomas O.; Lahav, Alexandra D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1454868376 ISBN 13: 9781454868378

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2016

Synopsis

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Written by respected scholars and experienced educators, this book showcases rules and doctrine of civil procedure at work in actual practice of law. The procedural and nonprocedural aspects of the cases are thought-provoking, to hold students’ interest. Each chapter contains a well-written introduction, cases, and clear explanations of the doctrine, supported by comments and questions which deepen students’ understanding and clarify key concepts. This book also includes more than forty well-crafted problems the can be used in or out of class to to help students solidify their understanding of the materials.  In-class exercises and simulations based on two sample case files are integrated throughout. Pleadings, memoranda, transcripts, exhibits, motions, and more – all taken from real cases – appear in the Appendix.

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• All cases and notes have been updated so that the book is current through the early part of 2016
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• Two sample case files with transcripts, memoranda, exhibits, motions integrated throughout book
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About this title

About the Author

Brodin is a Professor of Law at the Boston College Law School.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1454868376
• ISBN 13: 9781454868378
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 1269