Pleading and Procedure, Cases and Materials

by Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr., William Fletcher, Stephen Bundy

This classic casebook has been thoroughly updated for 2020–retaining what has made it a favorite for decades while also remaining current and user-friendly. As ever, it contains lightly-edited cases with extensive explanatory notes, thereby teaching students how to read cases while learning doctrine. Some notes are historical and comparative, giving students a more nuanced understanding than can be obtained from simply studying current law. The book is accessible without sacrificing interest and complexity, providing a sophisticated understanding of civil procedure and the federal system. The book also remains adaptable to courses of different length and emphasis, and teaching the material in the instructor’s preferred order. The twelfth edition has been thoroughly updated with extensive new material on personal jurisdiction, multidistrict litigation, the amended discovery rules (with a new exercise), and mandatory arbitration.

1390 pages, Hardcover

Published July 29, 2020

Reviews

[Victoria · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is my Mount Everest.

No book should be 1,300 pages. That’s not a textbook; that’s a life sentence. Sure, it’s informative about civil procedure, but each opinion being 10+ pages made me want to run straight into a wall. On the bright side, I think this entire book was copied and pasted directly into my professor’s slides. That’s either an impressive endorsement of the author’s clarity or proof that even she wanted to spare us from reading it.

In summary: a comprehensive guide to civil procedure and developing the upper body strength required to carry it to class. Would recommend if you’re into law or masochism.

[Adrika · Rating 3 out of 5]

i think i could have just read this book and never gone to class and learned the same amount. so i suppose it gets more stars because my professor was #notgood.

[Brennan · Rating 5 out of 5]

lots of typos but it kept me on my toes so five stars

[Evan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Let’s face it: no one reads this book for fun. But as textbooks go, it’s pretty decent. I rated it 5 stars to balance out what I thought were unnecessary 1 star reviews. I really don’t know what the expectation would be otherwise for this to warrant 1 star.