Civil Procedure
Latest Edition of the Best-Selling Casebook in Civil Procedure
Seventh Edition
Stephen C. Yeazell
University of California, Los Angeles
2008. 912 pages. ISBN 13: 978-0-7355-6925-6.
With Teacher's Manual, Companion Website, and CD with complete text of cases and digital teaching slides in several formats. 2009 Statutory Supplement available.
About the Book
The famously teachable casebook, Civil Procedure, by Stephen C. Yeazell, features a flexible organization, expertly selected and edited cases, a manageable length, and eminently readable introductions and notes.
The leading casebook for Civil Procedure features:
- a clear and straightforward writing style
- a helpful overview of the procedural system
- techniques for statutory analysis explained in plain English
- a manageable overall length
- a flexible organization that adapts to a variety of teaching approaches
- a comprehensive Teacher's Manual with detailed teaching guidance, case analyses, and sample syllabi and examinations
- this Companion Website with complete text of all cases in the book, teaching slides in several formats (PowerPoint, MindManager, and Interwrite), and an interactive version of the Teacher's Manual
- an interactive Teacher's Manual that includes embedded links to PowerPoint teaching slides, MindManager "mind-mapping" files, and Interwrite personal response system slides for homework and in-class testing
- a companion CD with complete text of all of the cases in the book and the digital teaching slides
- an Annual Statutory and Case Supplement available for adoption
Updated throughout, the Seventh Edition incorporates the restyled rules from the December 2007 Amendments to the FRCP, as well as material on recent developments, including:
- contemporary pleading systems and problems, incorporating recent Supreme Court pleading cases
- discovery: spoliation of evidence, E-discovery, sanctions
- resolution without trial: emerging trends in judicial regulation of arbitration
- former adjudication: preclusion & arbitration
Features
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Proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
The proposed amendments in this document may take effect on December 1, 2009. -
Background on the Time Computation Project
This document contains an explanation of the time computation project as stated in an excerpt from the Report of the Judicial Conference Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure to the Chief Justice of the United States and Members of the Judicial Conference of the United States.