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Summary of Contents
CHAPTER I Introduction
CHAPTER II The Lawyer's Task: Facts and Law
CHAPTER III Deciding Whether to Sue
CHAPTER IV Deciding Where to Sue: The Court System
CHAPTER V Commencing a Civil Action
CHAPTER VI The Complaint
CHAPTER VII The Common Law
CHAPTER VIII How the Common Law Became American Law
CHAPTER IX How Lawyers and Courts Use Precedents
CHAPTER X The Answer
CHAPTER XI The Process of “Discovery”
CHAPTER XII A Motion for Summary Judgment
CHAPTER XIII Statutory Law and Administrative Regulations
CHAPTER XIV The Trial
CHAPTER XV The Judgment (and a Motion for a “Judgment N.O.V.”)
CHAPTER XVI The Appeal
CHAPTER XVII The Aftermath
POSTSCRIPT
Appendix A Extracts from Testimony of Gerda Dorothea DeWeerth