This classic casebook has been updated for 2020, retaining its popularity while remaining current and user-friendly. It contains lightly-edited cases with extensive explanatory notes, teaching students how to read cases and learn doctrine. The book is accessible without sacrificing interest and complexity, providing a sophisticated understanding of civil procedure and the federal system. The twelfth edition has been updated with extensive new material on personal jurisdiction, multidistrict litigation, the amended discovery rules, and mandatory arbitration. \n Format: Hardback\n Length: 1200 pages\n Publication date: 30 December 2020\n Publisher: West Academic Publishing\n This renowned casebook has undergone a meticulous update for the year 2020, ensuring that it retains its cherished status as a favorite among students and scholars alike while also remaining thoroughly contemporary and user-friendly. As always, it features carefully curated cases, accompanied by extensive explanatory notes, effectively imparting valuable skills to students in the art of case reading while simultaneously delving into doctrinal principles. Certain notes offer a historical and comparative perspective, enriching students' understanding by providing a more nuanced viewpoint than can be gained solely from studying current laws. The book strikes a perfect balance between accessibility and complexity, offering a sophisticated understanding of civil procedure and the federal system without compromising on interest or depth. Moreover, it remains highly adaptable to courses of varying lengths and focuses, allowing instructors to tailor the material according to their preferred teaching approach. The twelfth edition has been extensively revised, incorporating a wealth of new material on personal jurisdiction, multidistrict litigation, the amended discovery rules (featuring a new exercise), and mandatory arbitration. \n Weight: 2222g\n Dimension: 201 x 264 x 51 (mm)\n ISBN-13: 9781647083304\n Edition number: 12 Revised edition\n