This comprehensive yet hands-on study aid:

* Covers all aspects of the first year Civil Procedure course including the difficult areas of res judicata, collateral estoppel, and personal and subject matter jurisdiction
* Presents accessible introductions and explanations
* Offers a proven pedagogy in the popular examples-and-explanations format
* highly effective for learning and applying the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
* Gives examples that progress gradually from simple to challenging and build students' confidence
* Has plenty of visual aids including diagrams, charts, and documents
* Covers Erie doctrine in a three-chapter section
What's new in the Fifth Edition?

* The latest revisions to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
* A new chapter on the federal question of subject matter jurisdiction
* Updated changes to the Rules concerning Discovery
Table of Contents

1. PART ONE: CHOOSING A PROPER COURT Personal Jurisdiction: The Enigma of Minimum Contacts
2. Statutory Limits on Personal Jurisdiction: The Reach and Grasp of the Long-Arm
3. Seeking the Home Field Advantage: Challenges to Personal Jurisdiction
4. Federal Questions and Federal Cases: Jurisdiction over Cases "Arising under" Federal Law
5. Diversity Jurisdiction: When Does Multiplicity Constitute Diversity
6. Personal and Subject Matter Jurisdiction Compared: The First Two Rings
7. Second-Guessing the Plaintiff's Choice of Forum: The Removal
8. Proper Venue in Federal Courts: A Rough Measure of Convenience
9. Choosing a Proper Court: The Three Rings Reconsidered
PART TWO: STATE LAW IN FEDERAL COURTS

10. Easy Erie: The Law of Rome and Athens
11. Eerie Erie: The Substance/Substance Distinction
12. Erie and State Choice of Law: Vertical Uniformity and Horizontal Chaos
PART THREE: THE SCOPE OF THE ACTION

13. Sculpting the Lawsuit: The Basic Rules of Joinder
14. Into the Labyrinth: Joinder of Parties under Rule
15. Jurisdictional Fellow Travelers: Supplemental Jurisdiction
16. Jurisdiction vs. Joinder: The Difference between Power and Permission
PART FOUR: STEPS IN THE LITIGATION PROCESS

17. The Bearer of Bad Tidings: Service of Process in the Federal Court
18. Getting Off Easy: The Motion to Dismiss
19. The Scope of Discovery: The Rules Giveth, and the Rules Taketh Away
20. Tools of the Trade: Basic Methods of Discovery
21. Defective Allegation of Insufficient Proof?: Dismissal for Failure to State a Claim Compared to Summary Judgment
22. The Judge and the Jury, Part One: Judgment as a Matter of Law (Directed Verdict) The Judge and the Jury - Part Two: Whose Case Is This, Anyway?
PART FIVE: THE EFFECT OF THE JUDGMENT

23. Res Judica: The Limits of Procedural Liberality
24. Res Judica and the Rules of Joinder: When Does May mean Must?
25. Collateral Estoppel: Fine-Tuning the Preclusion Doctrine
26. The Obscure Kingdom: Nonmutual Collateral Estoppel
PART SIX: THINKING PROCEDURALLY: THE RULES IN ACTION

27. An Introduction to the Pretrial Litigation Process: Setting the Stage for the Schulansky Case
28. First Moves: Schulansky Goes to Court - A Change of Forum: Ronan Removes to Federal Court
29. The Defendant's Perspective: Ronan's Answer and Counterclaim
30. Chain Reaction: Ronan Brings in Jones
31. Preliminary Objections: Jones Seeks a Way Out
32. Tactical Dilemma: Ronan's Motion for Summary Judgment