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.