Civil Procedure Stories

Civil Procedure Stories
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Total Pages : 555
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ISBN-10 : 1599413477
ISBN-13 : 9781599413471
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Book Synopsis Civil Procedure Stories by : Kevin M. Clermont

Download or read book Civil Procedure Stories written by Kevin M. Clermont and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collaborative effort by fourteen law-school professors to provide a deeper understanding of the great civil procedure cases. The professors each wrote a short chapter on one of the cases, retelling the cases in their own voice and by their own method. Each chapter has a fairly consistent structure, with separate sections on: social and legal background of the case; factual background of the case; lower court proceedings in the case; final appellate disposition, including issues, decisions, reasons, and separate opinions; factual postscript to the case; immediate impact of the case on the development of the law (why the case is famous and when it became so); and continuing importance of the case today (why it is still a leading case).The accompanying website, http://civprostories.law.cornell.edu, serves as a research tool for students, academics, and practitioners. The poste


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