A Student's Guide to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (American Casebook)

The Student's Guide provides a lucid, up-to-date explanation of all of the major topics that a student is likely to encounter in a typical first-year course in civil procedure. It contains thousands of cites to cases applying the Rules, and also covers areas of procedure such as jurisdiction, venue, the Erie doctrine, forum non conveniens and res judicata. All of the materials are designed to make it easy for students to find and use what they need.