Civil litigation in comparative context / by Oscar G. Chase [and others] ; Oscar G. Chase and Helen Hershkoff, general editors. - xxix, 607 pages ; 26 cm. - American casebook series . - American casebook series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction and overview -- The structure of the legal profession -- Organization of the courts -- Initiating a law suit, defining the issues, gathering the evidence -- Resolving the case in the first instance court: the trial and analogous processes -- Short-cuts to judgment and provisional remedies -- Appeal -- Aggregation of parties, claims, and actions -- Finality and preclusion -- Enforcement of judgments -- Transnational litigation -- Harmonization of civil procedure: prospects and perils.

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Civil procedure.
Courts
Actions and defenses.

K2205 / .C584 2007

347.05