PART ONE : A FIRST VIEW OF THE SUBJECT: Opening statements
Phases of a lawsuit
Closing arguments
PART TWO : GOVERNING LAW: Federal courts
State courts
PART THREE : AUTHORITY TO ADJUDICATE: Jurisdiction over subject matter
Territorial authority to adjudicate
Opportunity to be heard
PART FOUR : FORMER ADJUDICATION: General observations
Claim preclusion
Issue preclusion
Effects on persons not parties
Credit due to valid and final judgments
PART FIVE : PARTIES: Joinder alternatives in complex litigation
General joinder provisions
Class actions
Intervention
Interpleader
PART SIX : THE UNITARY CIVIL ACTION: Introduction
Evolution of common law
Complementary system of equity
Reform
PART SEVEN : PRETRIAL: Pleadings
Discovery
Pretrial conferences
Summary judgment
PART EIGHT : TRIAL: Preliminary questions about forensic proof
Judgment as a matter of law
Verdict
New trial
Constitutional right to jury trial
PART NINE : APPEAL: General observations
Appeal of final decisions
Appeal of interlocutory decisions
Mandamus
Theory on appeal.