Subjects:

Other Jurisdictions , Australia

Contents:

An Introduction to Civil Procedure

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Early Moves: Service, Process and Interim Measures

Parties and Causes of Action

Pleadings

Summary Disposition

Discovery & Gathering Evidence

Privilege

Lawyers understand the pivotal role of the law of evidence and procedure in the actualisation and protection of fundamental legal rights. In the last decade, this law has undergone massive change. The 7th edition of Litigation: Evidence and Procedure is unique in its breadth and depth of coverage and has vastly expanded on its predecessors.

Its two volumes, Litigation I: Civil Procedure and Litigation II: Evidence and Criminal Process provide a unified and comprehensive analysis of the law and related issues, both pre-trial and trial, in civil matters and criminal prosecutions. They contain a comprehensive exposition of evidence and procedural laws across Australia.

Volume I offers a detailed analysis of the rules of civil procedure in the state Supreme Courts and in the Federal Court, including relevant case law and practice directions. It contains a detailed examination of the law of evidence in civil cases, as well as new chapters on alternative dispute resolution and summary disposition. Students, practitioners and anyone with a scholarly interest in the workings of Australia's justice system will find both volumes key primary sources. They will appreciate the book's unique integration of evidence and procedure supported with a commentary that embraces a contextualised approach to legal doctrine.