Civil Procedure

by Kevin M. Clermont

Book Overview

Updated to include the latest amendments and proposals, this statutory supplement provides the clearest and most useful collection of statutes and rules for courses in civil procedure. The... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0314199756
• ISBN13: 9780314199751
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Gale Cengage
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Great book

Great book. Contains both the current FRCP's and the new versions that will take effect on Dec. 1, 2007. Easy to navigate and committee comments help readers grasp the scope of the rules.

Helps boil it down

This outline has been escpecially valuable when looking at the Erie line of cases and sorting out Subject Matter and Territorial Jurisdiction.

Useful and reliable

The "book description" above belongs to a different book: this hornbook is not part of the "Black Letter Series," its author is not Professor Clermont, and it doesn't come with a handy computer disk.It is, however, an extremely helpful hornbook to have and use during your first-year course on Civil Procedure. If you're a One-L, buy this early and use it often; it'll go with pretty much whatever casebook you happen to be using (mine was Yeazell). It's extremely well-designed and its discussions are clear and sound.If you're looking around in order to decide whether you need a hornbook at all, the answer is: yes, you probably do. There may be students who can squeeze a profitable education out of the "casebook" approach, but I'm not one of them and you probably aren't either.During your first semester, it will be tempting to spend a lot of time briefing cases. Don't let me talk you out of doing so, or you'll be really mad at me the first time you get called on unprepared. But you'll probably be better off spending a little less time briefing and a little more time reading this hornbook first.

Arizona State Law Student

This is the most helpful study aid available for Civil Procedure! The text is very easy to understand and it is orgainized to follow the progression of the law school course. The authors do an excellent job of explaining the development of personal jurisdiction and subject matter jurisdiction to the present day. It also does a fine job of explaining the federal rules (and includes an index of each FRCP and where it is cited).

An excellent source for information to supplement a casebook

This is another in the long line of hornbooks from West publishing. It is an excellent source to supplement and even embellish the law of Civil Procedure contained in whichever casebook you are using. Since most Civil Procedure courses are a year long, I would strongly recommend investing in this hornbook, it is very handy to have when outlining and preparing for finals.