Civil Procedure: A Contemporary Approach - CasebookPlus

The 6th Edition of Civil Procedure: A Contemporary Approach is designed to provide a clear and engaging presentation of civil procedure, incorporating all amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure through December 1, 2020, and case law developments since the 2018 publication date. It also includes coverage of the 2018 amendments to Rule 23 and Supreme Court decisions in Nutraceutical Corp. v. Lambert and China Agritech v. Resh. It integrates references to online assessment tools in the CasebookPlus™ platform, providing comprehensive assessment of the topics covered and serving as excellent preparation for the civil procedure component of the Multistate Bar Exam.

Format: Hardback
Length: 1090 pages
Publication date: 30 September 2021
Publisher: West Academic Publishing

Provides a clear and actively engaging presentation of civil procedure in a manner that enables both students and professors to assess learning success throughout the course. This sixth edition incorporates all amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to December 1, 2020, plus a few case law developments since the fifth edition.

The 6th Edition of Civil Procedure: A Contemporary Approach is designed to provide a clear and actively engaging presentation of civil procedure in a manner that enables both students and professors to assess learning success throughout the course. The Sixth Edition fully incorporates all amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure through December 1, 2020, as well as a few case law developments since the 2018 publication date of the Fifth Edition. Particularly noteworthy new cases that are included in this edition are the Supreme Court's recent decisions pertaining to arbitration: Lamps Plus, Inc v.

Varela, 139 S. Ct. 1407 (2019) (courts may not infer from an ambiguous agreement that parties have consented to class arbitration); New Prime, Inc.

v. Oliveira, 139 S. Ct.

532 (2019) (applicability of FAA's overage exclusion to be determined by court not arbitrator); Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer and White Sales, Inc., 139 S.

Ct. 524 (2019) (courts may not determine arbitrability if that decision has been delegated to the arbitrator under the agreement); and Epic Systems Corp. v.

Lewis, 138 S. Ct. 1612 (2018) (FAA savings clause does not permit invocation of arbitration-specific defenses; NLRA does not provide basis for outlawing class action waivers in the labor dispute context).

Developments in the class action area are included as well, including coverage of the 2018 amendments to Rule 23 as well as Supreme Court decisions in Nutraceutical Corp. v. Lambert, 139 S.

Ct. 710 (2019) (Rule 23(f)'s 14-day deadline for appeal is not jurisdictional and is not subject to equitable tolling), and China Agritech v. Resh, 138 S.

Ct. 1800 (2018) (no tolling of statute of limitations periods for putative class representatives who wait until the expiration of the limitations period to file class claims). Finally, this edition discusses recent developments with respect to personal jurisdiction jurisprudence, covering the emerging issue of personal jurisdiction over the claims of absent class members who lack any connection with the forum state, and the appropriate standard courts should use for determining whether a claim arises out of or relates to contacts with the forum state for purposes of specific jurisdiction.

Both issues were before the Supreme Court at the time of publication of the Sixth Edition and will likely have been resolved by the time this edition is published. This edition, like the one that preceded it, integrates references to online assessment tools in the CasebookPlus (TM) platform. These consist of a bank of 300 multiple-choice questions that provide comprehensive assessment of the topics covered in this book, with detailed feedback consisting of explanations for both correct and incorrect responses.

This feature provides an unparalleled opportunity to engage with the material actively as the course progresses and permits students and professors to determine the extent to which the material is being learned. The bank of questions also serve as excellent preparation for the civil procedure component of the Multistate Bar Exam. CasebookPlus Hardbound - New, hardbound print book includes lifetime digital access to an eBook, with the ability to highlight and take notes, and 12-month access to a digital Learning Library that includes self-assessment quizzes tied to this book, leading study aids, an outline starter, and Gilbert Law Dictionary.

Weight: 1970g
Dimension: 199 x 267 x 46 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781684675494
Edition number: 6 Revised edition