Civil Procedure, A Contemporary Approach (Interactive Casebook Series) - Hardcover

Spencer, A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1684675499 ISBN 13: 9781684675494

Publisher: West Academic Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

The 6th Edition of Civil Procedure: A Contemporary Approach is designed to provide a clear and actively engaging presentation of civil procedure in a manner that enables both students and professors to assess learning success throughout the course.

The Sixth Edition fully incorporates all amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure through December 1, 2020, as well as a few case law developments since the 2018 publication date of the Fifth Edition.

Particularly noteworthy new cases that are included in this edition are the Supreme Court’s recent decisions pertaining to arbitration: Lamps Plus, Inc v. Varela, 139 S. Ct. 1407 (2019) (courts may not infer from an ambiguous agreement that parties have consented to class arbitration); New Prime, Inc. v. Oliveira, 139 S. Ct. 532 (2019) (applicability of FAA’s overage exclusion to be determined by court not arbitrator); Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc., 139 S. Ct. 524 (2019) (courts may not determine arbitrability if that decision has been delegated to the arbitrator under the agreement); and Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, 138 S. Ct. 1612 (2018) (FAA savings clause does not permit invocation of arbitration-specific defenses; NLRA does not provide basis for outlawin(more...)

Edition details

• Publisher: West Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1684675499
• ISBN 13: 9781684675494
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 1090