Civil Procedure: [Connected eBook with Study Center] (Aspen Casebook Series) | with access code

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New to the Eleventh Edition:

• Addition of co-author Professor Maureen Carroll of Michigan Law School, an expert in civil procedure, class actions, and civil rights litigation, and an award-winning teacher.
• Updated personal jurisdiction chapter with streamlined opinion excerpts and additional cases reflecting the Supreme Court's most recent decisions and cutting-edge jurisdictional questions.
• Increased attention to settlement dynamics and pressures throughout the book.
• Addition of contemporary cases that illuminate the impacts of civil procedure on issues of race, gender, and civil rights.
• Updated statistics and information about civil litigation in the United States, including the high proportion of unrepresented litigants.

• Teachable, well-structured casebook featuring a clear organization, concisely edited cases chosen to be readily accessible to first-year students, textual notes introducing each section that highlight connections between material, and practical problems
• Manageable length which allows the class to get through this complex course material in limited hours
• Flexible organization, adaptable to a variety of teaching approaches
• Clear, straightforward writing style, making the material accessible to students without oversimplifying
• Effective overview of the procedural system, which provides students with a working knowledge of the system and of techniques for statutory analysis
• Assessment questions and answers at the end of each chapter, to help students test their comprehension of the material