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Description

The purpose of this volume is to present in a convenient and usable form a comparative study of the expedients which are being employed in various American and English jurisdictions for the purpose of facilitating pre-trial practice, to describe the practical operation of the different devices, and to show their effect upon the general administration of justice. An analysis of the statutory and case law has been combined with data which shows the practical operation of the procedure in the everyday work of the lawyer and judge. Field studies were made by the author in different cities of the following fourteen jurisdictions for the purpose of ascertaining the experience of the profession with each type of device which is being used: Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Quebec, Texas, and Wisconsin. Interviews were sought with representative judges, lawyers, and where there were such, officials in charge of discovery examinations. Other means employed in obtaining information included the study of trial court records of examinations for discovery, observation of actual examinations and· correspondence with lawyers in states other than those in which field investigations were made.

Publication Date

1932

Publisher

Callaghan and Company

City

Chicago

Keywords

Discovery, Trials, Pleadings, Common law, Testimony, Pre-trial, Jurisdictions, Witnesses, Examinations, Records, Interrogatories, Disclosure, Documents, Equity pleading and procedure

Disciplines

Civil Procedure | Evidence | Legal Profession | Legal Writing and Research

Comments

Published under the auspices of the University of Michigan Law School (which, however, assumes no responsibility for the views expressed) with the aid of funds derived from gifts to the University of Michigan by William W. Cook.

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