California Civil Procedure

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California Civil Procedure is a a project to provide free resources to those who are attempting to navigate California’s complicated legal system.

This book will largely focus on the practice of law in California and will differ from a casebook seen in law schools. Instead this book will attempt to serve as a treatise.

Outline

  1. Pre-Lawsuit
  2. The Parties
  3. Jurisdiction
  4. Preclusion
  5. Arbitration
  6. Venue
  7. Service of Process
  8. Case Management
  9. Pleadings
  10. Defaults
  11. Discovery
  12. Law and Motion
  13. Pre-Trial Considerations
  14. Evidence
  15. Witnesses
  16. Jury Trials
  17. Non-Jury Trials
  18. Post-Trial Motions
  19. Judgments
  20. Settlement
  21. Dismissals