Civil Procedure, Third Edition (Aspen Student Treatise Series)

The Third Edition has been updated to include discussion of key new Supreme Court and lower court decisions that are reshaping civil procedure law. It also includes revisions to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and provides commentary on e-discovery, including the problem of waiver of privilege for inadvertent production.

Features:

• Comprehensive coverage of all topics in civil procedure.
• Suitable for use with any civil procedure coursebook.
• User-friendly chapter introductions explain and contextualize key concepts.
• Integrates discrete topics and doctrines into a comprehensive whole.
• Stimulating hypotheticals for especially difficult principles, highlighted in bulleted lists.
• Shows students how to apply doctrine and rules to facts.
• Light-hearted presentation, using amusing, real-world examples to illustrate principles.

Thoroughly updated, the revised Third Edition includes:

• Important revisions to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
• New Supreme Court cases, including Iqbal, Hertz, Shady Grove, Espinoza, Mohawk, and Krupski.
• Discussion of several lower-court cases related to the Class Action Fairness Act.
• Commentary on e-discovery, including the problem of waiver of privilege for inadvertent production.