While most civil procedure texts approach litigation as a vehicle for lawmaking and for the articulation of social values, Advanced Civil Procedure approaches civil litigation as a vehicle for dispute resolution. This advanced civil procedure book focuses on lawyer and client conduct in facilitating civil claim settlements in and out of court. Unlike other advanced civil procedure texts, more routine and less complex disputes command much attention, with special attention paid to commercial contract, personal injury, employment, and marriage dissolution settlements. The text compares federal and state laws as well as the different laws within a single government applicable to different civil claims.

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