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Comparative Civil Procedure
The goal of this course is to acquaint students with the principal rules and practices of civil procedure used in the major legal systems, the problems faced by these systems, and contemporary efforts to reform and improve them. We will study examples from many of the world's legal systems including, among others, the U.S., the U.K., Continental Europe, and East Asia. Among the specific issues we will examine are jurisdiction over the parties, organization of courts and the bar, "first instance" proceedings, obtaining and proving facts, summary proceedings and provisional remedies, appellate processes, and the prospects for the harmonization of procedure. The course will satisfy the Part B Writing Requirement. Students will be required to write short papers during the semester that reflect the assignments for particular classes. A longer paper will be due at the end of the exam period.