The Sixth Edition provides a summary but thorough survey of all the topics regularly included in Civil Procedure courses. New subjects are examined including alternative dispute resolution, attorney fees and litigation costs, and preliminary relief. This edition discusses such matters as transnational aspects of litigation, comparative civil procedure, the settlement class action controversy, and the decline of the Federal Rules ethos reflected in such developments as the proliferation of local rules, congressional rulemaking, and special procedures for certain kinds of litigation.