Federal Rules of Civil Procedure with Resources for Study

An ideal accompaniment to any civil procedure casebook, including the authors' own Civil Procedure: Doctrine, Practice, and Context, Third Edition, this statutory supplement presents each of the current Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Useful cross-references to proposed amendments, Advisory Committee Notes, Restatement sections, and Transnational Rules have been integrated into the Federal Rules to help students explore the larger context of each Rule. Complete features include: The current Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure The U.S. Constitution and U.S. Code provisions current through May 1, 2009 Excerpts from the Restatement (Second) of Judgments Excerpts from the American Law Institute/UNIDROIT Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure Examples of state long-arm and venue statutes The Supreme Court's recent Ashcroft v. Iqbal decision