Recognizing party and nonparty interests in written civil procedure laws

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure have always been tailored chiefly to trials and more recently to settlements of claims between named parties, but many civil cases also concern important party and nonparty interests beyond those in the presented claims. Parness demonstrates how American trial co...

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Published in:The Review of litigation 2001-04, Vol.20 (2), p.481
Main Authors: Parness, Jeffrey A, Sennott, Daniel J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attorneys
Civil law
Civil procedure
District courts
Enforcement
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Jurisdiction
Liens
Litigation
Settlements & damages
State court decisions
Trials
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Summary:The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure have always been tailored chiefly to trials and more recently to settlements of claims between named parties, but many civil cases also concern important party and nonparty interests beyond those in the presented claims. Parness demonstrates how American trial courts often deal with party and nonparty interests that are outside pleaded claims and are largely unrecognized in written civil procedure laws.
ISSN:0734-4015