TY  - BOOK
AU  - Friedenthal,Jack H.
TI  - Civil procedure: cases and materials 
T2  - American casebook series
SN  - 9780314232915
AV  - KF8839 .C452 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - St. Paul, MN
PB  - West
KW  - Civil procedure
KW  - United States
KW  - Cases
KW  - fast
KW  - Casebooks
KW  - Trials, litigation, etc
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; A survey of the civil action -- Jurisdiction over parties or their property -- Providing notice and an opportunity to be heard -- Jurisdiction over the subject matter of the action: the court's competency -- Venue, transfer, and forum non conveniens -- Ascertaining the applicable law -- Modern pleading -- Joinder of claims and parties: expanding the scope of the civil action -- Class actions -- Pretrial devices for obtaining information: depositions and discovery -- Case management -- Adjudication without trial or by special proceedings -- The right to a jury and other elements of trial -- Appellate review -- The binding effect of prior decisions: res judicata and collateral estoppel -- Alternative dispute resolution
ER  -