Civil Procedure, Fifth Edition

Civil Procedure offers a "hornbook" textual treatment of all the major areas of civil procedure, providing students and practitioners with convenient illustrations and case examples throughout the text. Chapters discuss the following topics: introduction to civil procedure and practice, subject-matter jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction and service of process, venue, sources of law, pleading and related matters, joinder of claims, joinder of parties, discovery and pretrial conferences, disposition of the action without trial, trial, appeals, and finality in litigation.