Pretrial

by Mauet, Thomas A.

• ISBN13: 9780735500525
• ISBN10: 0735500525
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

Summary

The Sixth Edition builds on the strengths that have made Pretrial a classic: - clear, concise, well-organized presentation of pretrial preparation by one of the country's leading experts on trial techniques- systematic approach that organizes pretrial planning and preparation into a series of distinct steps students can readily master- litigation files from a hypothetical case that provide sample documentation and paperwork for each stage of the civil case, showing students exactly what they will face in practice- additional litigation files on an included CD-ROM with both plaintiffs' and defendants' files for six different cases- full clarification of recent changes in the Federal Rules of Civil ProcedureThis timely revision reflects current developments: - expanded treatment of negotiation- a new section on electronic discovery, the hottest topic in civil litigation today

Table of Contents

Preface	xxiii	(4)
Citations	xxvii
PART A. INVESTIGATING AND PLANNING THE LITIGATION	1	(108)
I. INTRODUCTION TO LITIGATION PLANNING	3	(16)
II. INFORMAL FACT INVESTIGATION	19	(34)
III. LEGAL INVESTIGATION	53	(26)
IV. CASE EVALUATION AND STRATEGY	79	(30)
PART B. CONDUCTING THE LITIGATION	109	(274)
V. PLEADINGS	111	(66)
VI. DISCOVERY	177	(116)
VII. MOTIONS	293	(46)
VIII. PRETRIAL CONFERENCES AND SETTLEMENTS	339	(44)
APPENDIX LITIGATION FILE: JONES v. SMITH	383	(50)
Index	433