Contents
Civil Procedure: Doctrine, Practice, and Context
Summary of Contents
1 An Introduction to Civil Procedure
2 Remedies and Stakes
3 Thinking Like a Trial Lawyer, Pleadings, and Joinder
4 Discovery
5 The Right to Jury Trial and Judicial Control of Results
6 Questioning and Taming the Current System
7 The Choice of an Appropriate Court: Personal Jurisdiction, Notice, and Venue
8 The Choice of an Appropriate Court: Subject Matter Jurisdiction and Removal
9 Choice of Federal or State Law—The Erie Doctrine
10 Finality and Preclusion
11 Class Actions: It All Comes Together
Case Files:
Carpenter v. Dee
City of Cleveland Firefighters
