Hornbook on Federal Courts

by Charles Alan Wright

Book Overview

Offers practical guidance and comprehensive coverage on all aspects of federal court jurisdiction and litigation procedure, as well as the relationship between the state and federal courts. Text... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0314040226
• ISBN13: 9780314040220
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: West Publishing Company
• Length: 929 Pages
• Weight: 3.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 8.0" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

I Love Charles Alan Wright

Wright's work is more technical than Glannons, but I used it for my civil procedure class, and I did extremely well in that class. I would buy both.

Quick summaries to get you through class and 1st year exams

If you are not understanding civil procedure and want something to clarify the rules or subject matter/personal jurisdiction, this is a good book to start. It provides clear summaries of the rules as well as the policy debates underlying issues raised in procedure. Keep in mind that this is not a law review article, so in essence this book is more aimed at summarizing all the critiques and debates that have gone on before rather than looking at the law from a different angle. But if you want a short read that will get you through the exam, this book is just as about as useful as anything else you might come across. There are professors who base their classes on this book, as well as students who diligently read this book every day to prepare for the socratic questions they can await in class the next day. If you want good grades, though, I think it takes more than reading all these horn books and what not. A lot of it just comes down to the processing and understanding of the material, which can be daunting at times and actually just comes at different times for different people. However much you read these hornbooks, if you don't understand the stuff or can't apply it, it won't actually help you that much.

Succinct summaries of FRCP

This book is commonly used by first year students in civil procedure. I have known many students in the past who have found the book helpful in explaining the intricacies of the federal rules. A must read.