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California Civil Litigation

California Civil Litigation, fifth edition, is designed to provide paralegal students and practicing paralegals with information, skills, and experience. It follows the litigation process chronologically from initial client questions and contracts, to ethical issues, through the pleading and discovery phases, to trial, post-trial and appeal. Each phase of litigation is explored through official forms and drafted documents and each chapter includes highlighted glossary words and definitions to enable the reader to learn the technical language of litigation. In addition to the usual probing discussion questions, each chapter includes online projects requiring the reader to locate and analyze relevant Internet material.

Paperback: 544 pages

Publisher: Cengage Learning; 5 edition (June 13, 2008)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1428318453

ISBN-13: 978-1428318458

Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 1.2 x 10.9 inches

Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

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While watching any famous trial on HLN, have you ever yelled at your tv with impatience, as you wondered why the trial is not like "Perry Mason?"For many years, we have been entertained by the surprise attacks, trial by ambush and consistent wins in one hour - until social media and the tv cameras were allowed to be in the courtrooms.Long before the trial occurs what happens to even allow the trial to take place?"California Civil Litigation," a textbook designed to walk readers from the point in which a prospective client contacts an attorney's office through gathering material facts (facts that make a difference in the case); writing what is necessary in the right format; setting calendar dates to be heard by the judge; and, not only presenting the case but also being prepared for if there needs to be an appeal.Many people say that they were wronged and that justice should be served, but can you put your complaint in the context of the law?Other than applying your complaint/allegation to what the law says, it's important for attorneys and paralegals to be able to:1. Write and fairly attack pleadings (documents that define the allegation and remedy);2. Create and conduct discovery (process that focuses upon the legal issues and eliminates the trial by ambush);3. Calendar: Every step towards your goal to win the case must be calendared according to the rules within your state (if you are doing state-level litigation);4. Trial-setting: If you and the opposing party have not settled this case, the judge will review the issues, before setting a trial;5. Trial: This is where all preparation and consideration come together;6.

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