The Analysis And Decision Of Summary Judgment Motions

In Point Made, Ross Guberman uses the work of great advocates as the basis of a valuable, step-by-step brief-writing and motion-writing strategy for practitioners. The author takes an empirical approach, drawing heavily on the writings of the nation's 50 most influential lawyers.

"This Action Guide sets forth the procedures that attorneys for both moving and opposing parties need to follow before, during, and after a motion for summary judgment and/or summary adjudication. It includes an analysis of the California Rules of Court that affect the form and format of such motions. This Action Guide does not cover federal procedures for summary judgment and summary adjudication motions."--Scope of Guide.

Step-by-step guide beginning with the rules and legal standards that govern summary judgment, and moving to the form and content of the written pleadings. It demonstrates how those rules and standards apply to intentional discrimination, hostile environment harrassment, reasonable accommodation and reprisal cases.

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Professor Jolowicz's comparative analysis of civil procedure concentrates on the purposes served by the institution of litigation rather than on the intentions of those who litigate. Stressing that those purposes go beyond mere dispute resolution by non-violent means, Jolowicz surveys a variety of topics of procedural law, making substantial use of the comparative method, in the attempt to examine and explain the ideas which underlie some of the most important of its constituent elements. In the final section, he deals with the reform of English law and ventures a prediction of the consequences that the new Civil Procedure Rules, together with the reforms which more or less immediately preceded them, will have on the character of English procedural law.