Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #491402 in Books
• Published on: 2002-05-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 624 pages

Customer Reviews

A Good Primer
This book, "Understanding Civil Procedure, 3d", is a good primer. It made it a lot easier to understand the overall context of the materials we were going over in class, especially when some of the topics were covered over the course of weeks. The writing is fairly good and easy to follow. I think if you were to read the section in this book first before reading the relevant federal rules the rules themselves would be a lot more understandable.

This edition is now also a little out of date. I certainly don't think that warrants a one-star review, however. The law is constantly changing, and procedure rules are no different. One subject for which the 3d edition is out of date is the various issues relating to electronically stored information, so watch out for that. Basically, for any rule that has been amended since 2002 you should check extra carefully to make sure this text is accurate.

That being said, I found this primer very helpful. Don't wait until it's time to study for finals to ready it... read it as you go along in class.

Thorough Introduction
This is a thorough introduction to a complicated but logically coherent subject. This older edition is a good buy, and worth purchasing. Civil procedure has not changed very much over the last 5 years. Since most first year law students are looking for an overview of the last 200 years of civil procedure, the recent changes are not necessary and are not worth the additional cost for the current version.

Warning
The original and 2nd editions are now out of date and therefore unsuitable for law school use. Stick with the 3rd edition. Gene Shreve (author).