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Case Comment, Jeffry B. Gordon
Case Comment, Jeffry B. Gordon
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This Case Comment discusses the ability of a United States plaintiff to serve process pursuant to the Hague Service Convention on a defendant residing in Japan. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that the Convention generally prohibits service on foreign defendants by registered mail. This Case Comment discusses the history of the case, the objectives of the Convention, the law of service of process in Japan, and United States law of service of process on foreign parties under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The author then discusses United States common law interpreting article 10(a) …
The Specificity Of Pleading In Modern Civil Practice: Addressing Common Misconceptions, Ian James Wilson, William Louis Payne
The Specificity Of Pleading In Modern Civil Practice: Addressing Common Misconceptions, Ian James Wilson, William Louis Payne
University of Richmond Law Review
The pleading procedure serves as the foundation for the entire legal process. Pleadings focus the issues, narrow the evidence admissible at trial, apprise the adverse party and the court of the matter in dispute, and provide the extent of the res judicata effect of the judgment. To secure the foundation and to effectuate the purposes of the pleading procedure, it is imperative that the pleading set forth sufficient allegations. The standard for determining the sufficiency of the allegations is referred to as the specificity requirement and serves as the focus of this Note.