Civil Litigation Process and Procedures

by Goldman, Thomas F.; Hughes, Alice Hart

• ISBN13: 9780131598676
• ISBN10: 0131598678
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-03
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Focusing on the complete litigation process, this book gives readers the entire picture of civil litigation from client interview to trial to collecting on a judgment. With a unique focus on technology, it devotes a separate chapter to electronic discovery, addresses changes in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and includes educational demonstration software from leading vendors. Each chapter offers features that show how the civil litigation process works and ends with assignments that develop important critical thinking and procedural skills. A civil litigation video series is available on DVD and includes forty-four segments dealing with practice, procedures and ethical issues in the civil litigation field.Paralegals and anyone interested in in the civil litigation field.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Civil Litigation
The Paralegal in Civil Litigation	p. 2
Technology in Civil Litigation	p. 18
The Court System	p. 32
Investigation and Planning the Litigation
Client Interviews and Investigation in Civil Litigation	p. 52
Organizing and Managing Civil Litigation	p. 84
Electronic Research	p. 108
Evidence and Documents in Civil Litigation
Evidence	p. 132
Settlement and Alternative Dispute Resolution	p. 150
Pleadings: Complaint, Summons, and Service	p. 174
Pleadings: Responses to Complaint	p. 204
Formal Discovery Methods
Introduction to Discovery	p. 224
Issues in Electronic Discovery	p. 248
Interrogatories and Requests for Production	p. 276
Depositions	p. 296
Other forms of Discovery	p. 310
Trial of the Case
Trial Preparation - Postdiscovery to Pretrial	p. 322
Trial	p. 342
The Electronic Courtroom and Trial Presentation	p. 360
Posttrial Issues
Posttrial Procedures	p. 386
Enforcement of Judgments	p. 406
Case Studies	p. 423
Glossary of Spanish Equivalents for Important Legal Terms	p. 463
Internet Resources	p. 476
Glossary	p. 478
Case Index	p. 494
Subject Index	p. 495
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