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God, Metaprocedure, And Metarealism At Yale, Linda S. Mullenix

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Procedure by Robert M. Cover, Owen M. Fiss, and Judith F. Resnik

The Costs Of Complexity, Stephen B. Burbank

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Complex Litigation: Cases and Materials on Advanced Civil Procedure by Richard L. Marcus and Edward F. Sherman

Cound, Friedenthal & Miller: Civil Procedure, Cases And Materials, Arthur J. Lombard

Michigan Law Review

A Book Review of Civil Procedure, Cases and Materials by John J. Cound

Cases On Procedure, Annotated. Common Law Pleading, Edson R. Sunderland

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“No subject is more intimately connected with the history and development of our law than common law pleading. In sharp contrast with the other great system of law, that founded by the Romans, the common law has not been the product of legislation, but of litigation. It has grown up in the atmosphere of courts of justice. Such a genesis would necessarily give it a strong procedural favor, and would tend to emphasize remedies at the expense of rights. Procedure might therefore be expected to play a much larger part in the development of the common law than in the …

Cases On Procedure, Annotated. Code Pleading, Edson R. Sunderland

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“In the present volume on Code Pleading, the editor has aimed to present the subject, in all of its more important features, as a complete working system of pleading. The code has frequently been treated as the mere ‘antithesis’ of common law pleading, and this has resulted in throwing the subject completely out of balance by unreasonably extending the discussion of those elements which are ‘characteristic’ of the code, while unduly restricting or entirely ignoring those principles which the code shares with the common law….

“The student should be able to obtain a clear conception of the system as a …

Cases On Procedure, Annotated. Trial Practice, Edson R. Sunderland

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“The present volume is intended to develop and disclose the rational basis for the main principles of practice employed in the trial of civil actions at law. Recourse has been had to the whole body of American case law, and the choice of cases has been determined by the clearness with which the court has shown a logical justification for the decision made….

“The cases have been very freely edited, and everything not germane to the subject for which the case was chosen has been omitted….” --Preface

Cases On Procedure, Annotated: Trial Practice, Edson Sunderland

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The present volume is intended to develop and disclose the rational basis for the main principles of practice employed in the trial of civil actions at law. Recourse has been had to the whole body of American case law, and the choice of cases has been determined by the clearness with which the court has shown a logical justification for the decision made. By this means it is hoped that the book will help the student to analyze and understand the methods by which courts solve problem of practice, to appreciate the comparative value, importance and bearing of the different …

Illustrative Cases On Equity Jurisprudence, Harry B. Hutchins, Robert E. Bunker

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This second edition (1904) retains the same arrangement and chapters of the previous edition (1902) about which was written, in a contemporary review: "These cases cover the entire subject of Equity Jurisprudence, and are classified according to the arrangement that is followed in Eaton on Equity….”

Cases On Equity Pleading And Practice, Bradley M. Thompson

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The cases contained in this volume have been selected with a view of assisting both the student and the instructor, with illustration of the practical application of the general principle and rule of equity pleading and practice. Only so much of the statement of fact and of the opinion of the court have been retained in each case as is sufficient to make the decision upon the question of pleading before the Court intelligible and clear. As far as possible all padding has been excluded. Littleton ha aid: "And know, my son, that it is one of the most honorable, …

Illustrative Cases On Equity Jurisprudence, Harry B. Hutchins, Robert E. Bunker

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“‘Hutchins & Bunker’s Illustrative Cases on Equity Jurisprudence” is a recently published collection of 286 cases, selected by Dean Harry B. Hutchins and Prof. Robert E. Bunker, both of the University of Michigan. These cases cover the entire subject of Equity Jurisprudence, and are classified according to the arrangement that is followed in Eaton on Equity….” -- American Law School Review 1, no.1 (1902): 30, “Recent Legal Publications.”

Cases On Equity Jurisprudence, Harry B. Hutchins

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“The following cases have been printed at the request of Prof. H. B. Hutchins, Dean of the Law Department of the University of Michigan, for use in connection with his lectures in that law school. They have been chiefly selected from Fetter’s Cases on Equity Jurisprudence and Pattee’s Cases in Equity.” -- Title page.