TY - BOOK AU - Chase,Oscar G. AU - Hershkoff,Helen TI - Civil litigation in comparative context T2 - American casebook series SN - 0314155961 AV - K2205 .C584 2007 U1 - 347.05 22 PY - 2007///] CY - St. Paul PB - Thomson/West KW - Civil procedure KW - Courts KW - Actions and defenses N1 - 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 ER -