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The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act: A Guide for Judges [Superseded] This guide provides an overview of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA). It discusses the FSIA’s purpose and scope of application, and it reviews the jurisdictional, procedural, and evidentiary questions most likely to arise at the outset of litigation. |
January 1, 2013 |
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Debates on the Federal Judiciary: A Documentary History, Volume II: 1875–1939 This volume of the documentary history collection introduces readers to public debates on proposals to alter the organization, jurisdiction, and administration of the federal courts, as well as the tenure and authority of federal judges, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The documents illustrate the contending views of lawyers, judges, legislators, legal scholars, and ordinary citizens on the judiciary’s role in American constitutional government. |
January 1, 2013 |
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Debates on the Federal Judiciary: A Documentary History, Volume I: 1787–1875 The first volume of the Documentary History of Debates on the Federal Judiciary traces the long process of defining the judiciary within the relatively brief outline provided by the Constitution. |
January 1, 2013 |
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Admiralty and Maritime Law, Second Edition This monograph introduces federal judges to admiralty and maritime law, including the rules relating to jurisdiction and procedure that are peculiar to this field. The author covers areas relating to commercial law, such as charter parties, carriage of goods, and marine insurance. The second edition provides the most recent case citations, expanded coverage of maritime personal injury, updated material on jurisdiction, and new references to classification society liability. |
January 1, 2013 |
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Judicial Writing Manual: A Pocket Guide for Judges, Second Edition The Center has prepared this manual to help judges organize opinions and improve their opinion writing. Prepared with the assistance of judges, law professors, and writers, the manual offers advice on writing tailored to the needs of the federal judiciary.
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January 1, 2013 |
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Coordinating Multijurisdiction Litigation: A Pocket Guide for Judges A joint project by the National Center for State Courts, the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, and the Federal Judicial Center, this pocket guide provides information on the coordination and management of related cases that are pending simultaneously in both state and federal courts. |
January 1, 2013 |
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The Help America Vote Act The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) was Congress's reaction to issues that arose during the 2000 presidential election. It includes standards for provisional ballots and sets minimum standards for voting equipment used in federal elections. This guide summarizes how HAVA has been applied in federal and state courts and includes the act's text as an appendix. |
December 4, 2012 |
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Confidential Discovery: A Pocket Guide on Protective Orders Among the reasons that courts issue protective orders in both civil and criminal cases is to keep discovery confidential on a showing of good cause. Experience has proved confidentiality protective orders to grease the wheels of discovery in many cases. The protective orders discussed in this pocket guide are different from sealing orders that protect the courts' own records and protective orders that protect information from discovery. |
July 8, 2012 |
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Managing Discovery of Electronic Information: A Pocket Guide for Judges, Second Edition [Superseded] This second-edition pocket guide helps federal judges manage the discovery of electronically stored information (ESI). |
May 21, 2012 |
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The 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: A Guide for Judges [Superseded] The 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction is a treaty that governs proceedings for the prompt return of children who have been wrongfully taken or kept away from their "habitual residence." This guide provides an overview of the Hague Convention, focusing on the legal and procedural issues judges are likely to encounter during litigation under this treaty. |
January 1, 2012 |