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CasebookPlus Hardbound - New, hardbound print book includes
lifetime digital access to an eBook, with the ability to highlight
and take notes, and 12-month access to a digital Learning Library
that includes self-assessment quizzes tied to this book, leading
study aids, an outline starter, and Gilbert Law Dictionary.
This classic casebook has been thoroughly updated for
2020-retaining what has made it a favorite for decades while also
remaining current and user-friendly. As ever, it contains
lightly-edited cases with extensive explanatory notes, thereby
teaching students how to read cases while learning doctrine. Some
notes are historical and comparative, giving students a more
nuanced understanding than can be obtained from simply studying
current law. The book is accessible without sacrificing interest
and complexity, providing a sophisticated understanding of civil
procedure and the federal system. The book also remains adaptable
to courses of different length and emphasis, and teaching the
material in the instructor's preferred order. The twelfth edition
has been thoroughly updated with extensive new material on personal
jurisdiction, multidistrict litigation, the amended discovery rules
(with a new exercise), and mandatory arbitration.
This Federal Courts outline discusses Article III courts, the "case
or controversy" requirement, justiciability, advisory opinions,
political questions, and ripeness. It also includes mootness,
standing, congressional power over federal court jurisdiction,
Supreme Court jurisdiction, district court subject matter
jurisdiction (including federal question jurisdiction and diversity
jurisdiction), and pendent and ancillary jurisdiction. Other topics
include removal jurisdiction, venue, forum non conveniens, law
applied in the federal courts (including Erie Doctrine), federal
law in the state courts, abstention, habeas corpus for state
prisoners, federal injunctions against state court proceedings, and
Eleventh Amendment.
"Rebel Private," William A. Fletcher's account of service in all
the major theaters of the Civil War, is one of the most compelling
books written about service in the War Between the States. William
Fletcher's recollection of life as a Confederate soldier are vivid,
and his so great is his ability to command the imagination and give
the reader a real you-are-there experience. Fletcher was a very
practical soldier, and "Rebel Private" reflects this, exposing
readers to the everyday concerns of a Confederate soldier, from the
plight of the wounded to taking food from women and children in
Union territory and scavenging the dying. William Fletcher even
expresses regret that he had refrained from shooting an enemy
soldier because he appeared very young and he wonders if it hurt
his nation's cause. "Rebel Private" also contains exciting stories
about being captured and escaping from a moving prison train. After
the war, he heard a North Carolina soldier ask Fletcher's Texas
cavalry unit if they had any bacon. When one answered yes, the man
said "Grease and slide back into the Union." After thinking about
it a while, Fletcher saw the wisdom in that advice and did just
that. He became a very successful lumber entrepreneur as well as
the author of "Rebel Private," which is highly recommend for
students of military or Southern history or anyone who likes true
adventure.
The recent rediscovery of Rebel Private: Front and Rear,
effectively lost for decades, marks an authentic publishing event
in the literature of the Civil War. A rare insight into the
conflict from the point of view of a Confederate army enlisted man,
this compelling memoir has been hailed by historians as a classic
and indispensible key to understanding the Southern perspective.
Margaret Mitchell even described it as her single most valuable
source of research for Gone With the Wind.This stunning document is
the work of a common foot soldier blessed with extraordinary
perception and articulateness. After joining the famed Texas
Brigade under Stonewall Jackson. Private William A. Fletcher saw
action at Second Manassas, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg,
Channcellorsville, and Chickamauga. He was wounded several times
and escaped from a moving Union prison train before the South's
surrender. In 1907, he published this powerfully evocative account
of his exploits, a volume of frank, detailed recollections that
spares none of the horror, courage, or absurdity of war. But a fire
destroyed all but a few copies before they could be distributed.
One copy, however, did make its way to the Library of Congress,
where it was eventually discovered. Today, this colorful work has
become the voice of the Civil War front-line grunt, speaking to the
modern reader with the intensity of personal experience and a
vividness of detail that gives it a riveting you-are-there quality.
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