The Glannon guide to civil procedure : learning civil procedure through multiple-choice questions and analysis / Joseph W. Glannon

Author:: Glannon, Joseph W.
Published:: Frederick, MD : Aspen Publishing, [2019]
Edition:: Fourth edition.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (xi, 557 pages)

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A very short introduction -- Diversity jurisdiction : the basic rules -- Federal claims and federal cases -- Removal jurisdiction : the defendant chooses the forum -- Personal jurisdiction : myth and minimum contact -- More personal jurisdiction : general in personam jurisdiction and in rem jurisdiction -- More than an afterthought : long-arm statutes as a limit on personal jurisdiction -- Home and away : litigating objections to the court's jurisdiction -- Due process and common sense : notice and service of process -- Venue and transfer : more limits on the place of suit -- State law in federal courts : basics of the Erie doctrine -- Two ways to run a railroad : substance and procedure after York, Byrd, and Hanna -- The scope of the action : joinder of claims and parties under the Federal rules -- Of hooks and nuclei : supplemental jurisdiction over state law claims -- Sufficient allegations : pleading under the Federal rules -- Change over time : amending the pleadings under Rule 15 -- Never forget Rule 11 : representations to the court -- Technicalities, technicalities : pre-answer motions under the Federal rules -- Probing to the limits : the scope of discovery under the Federal rules -- The basic tools of discovery in federal court -- Dispositive motions : dismissal for failure to state a claim and summary judgment -- Judgment as a matter of law in the federal courts -- Second time around : the grounds and procedure for motions for new trial -- The quest for finality : claim preclusion under the second restatement of judgments -- Collateral estoppel, issue preclusion, whatever -- Closing closers : some practice questions that cross jurisdictional lines -- Closing openers : some looney limericks.

Summary:

Law school classroom lectures can leave you with a lot of questions. Glannon Guides can help you better understand your classroom lecture with straightforward explanations of tough concepts with hypos that help you understand their application. The Glannon Guide is your proven partner throughout the semester when you need a supplement to (or substitute for) classroom lecture. Here's why you need to use Glannon Guides to help you better understand what is being taught in the classroom: It mirrors the classroom experience by teaching through explanation, interspersed with hypotheticals to illustrate application. Both correct and incorrect answers are explained; you learn why a solution does or does not work. Glannon Guides provide straightforward explanations of complex legal concepts, often in a humorous style that makes material stick.

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ISBN:

9781543805574 (electronic bk.)
1543805574 (electronic bk.)
9781543804843
1543804845

Note:

Includes index.

Other Edition:

Revision of: Glannon, Joseph W. Third edition. New York : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, [2013]

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