Synopsis
This Introduction & Overview to Civil Procedure is the result of over two decades of teaching the Civil Procedure course in law school, each year providing students with new and revised editions of this book as it has developed over time after receiving valuable student feedback each year on how to change, revise, and update the book for optimum understanding and study usage. Each year, the book was provided to students so that they would have a helpful summary and “Roadmap” to the Civil Procedure Course, not only as they were learning the material, but also to use as they prepared for final exams, and eventually the Bar Exam. The goal has been to make this book as concise and accessible as possible, yet still a very thorough, comprehensive, and rich learning source of Civil Procedure Law. Topics include: Judicial Structure (federal and state courts, trial, appellate, and supreme courts, the criminal-civil procedural law distinction); Personal Jurisdiction (long-arm statutes and minimum contacts); Subject Matter Jurisdiction (federal question, diversity, supplemental jurisdiction, removal); Venue; The Erie problem (choice of law and conflict of law); Pleadings (court papers and filings, complaint, answer, reply, motions to dismiss, amendments, default); Complex Litigation -- Joinder of Claims and Parties (claims, counterclaims, cross-claims, permissive and compulsory joinder, impleader, intervention, interpleader, class actions); Discovery (pretrial conferences, initial disclosures, scope of discovery, interrogatories, depositions, production of documents, admissions, medical exams, sanctions, “electronic-discovery”); Resolution without Trial (summary judgment, alternative dispute resolution) the Trial Process (trial and post-trial motions, directed verdict, JNOV, new trial); The Appeal Process (final, adverse ruling, interlocutory appeals, standards of review, timing); and Former Adjudication (claim and issue preclusion/res judicata and collateral estoppel). An excellent study and reference guide for law students and lawyers alike.
À propos de l?auteur
Professor Fred Galves is Of Counsel at Gavrilov & Brooks law firm in Sacramento, California and is a law professor. Following graduation from Harvard Law School in 1986, Professor Galves served as a judicial clerk for Judge John L. Kane (U.S. District Court, District of Colorado). He also later practiced with the Denver law firm of Holland & Hart, specializing in complex commercial litigation. Professor Galves was a full law professor at the Pacific McGeorge School of Law faculty from 1993-2015; after retirement, he has been teaching part-time at Concord Law School, Sacramento City College, Colorado College, and now Lincoln Law School. In his 25-year teaching career, Professor Galves has taught at the University of California at Davis School of Law, Fordham Law School, the University of Denver Law School, and Southwestern University Law School. Professor Galves also is the co-author of two Evidence books (both West Academic Publications) used at various law schools across the country: (1) Evidence: A Contemporary Approach [3rd Edition], providing a comprehensive, engaging, and effective treatment of Evidence presented in a clear and concise format that is accessible to students—the casebook features a novel visual display and layout that uses text boxes, diagrams, and color/border segregated feature sections for hypotheticals, references to scholarly debates, useful information for students, and questions to provoke thought, accessible in print and online; and, (2) Evidence Simulations [2nd Edition], providing guidance in how to handle evidentiary issues in the major areas of Evidence law, using simulated trial settings, pre-trial arguments, and trial-planning evidentiary analysis—each exercise is preceded by a set of “points to remember” to equip beginning students with the trial advocacy skills they need to handle a simulated trial setting. Galves is also the other of several law review articles and law related articles and essays.
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