Civil Procedure: A Coursebook

Overview

Civil Procedure: A Coursebook offers students doctrinal clarity without sacrificing analytical rigor or glossing over ambiguities. The book’s accessibility, organization, and interior design support its innovative pedagogy. New to the 5th Edition: • Revised treatment of personal jurisdiction with significant coverage of the Supreme Court’s Ford decision. • New cases and materials for affirmative defenses (qualified immunity), class certification (stop and frisk policy), summary judgment (police shooting/qualified immunity), and issue preclusion (official misconduct), helping students connect procedure to current social issues. • New case treatment of proportionality in discovery. • Revised section on intervention as of right under Rule 24. • New material on settlement and alternative dispute resolution.