Book Description
Rules and Laws for Civil Actions is an open-access resource for law students containing the U.S. Constitution, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, and selected federal and state statutes. The book was created by a team of faculty members at the University of Iowa College of Law to supplement the study of Civil Procedure, Evidence, Constitutional Law, and other law school courses. In addition to containing the official text, each legal source found in Rules and Laws for Civil Actions is accompanied by an introductory section written by an Iowa Law professor explaining its significance and background.
This open book is licensed under a Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-SA). You can download Rules and Laws for Civil Actions 2023 ebook for free in PDF format (1.9 MB).
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 2
Some notes on reading the rules
Chapter 3
United States Constitution
Chapter 4
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Chapter 5
Federal Rules of Evidence
Chapter 6
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
Chapter 7
Title 28 of the United States Code
Chapter 8
Title 42 of the United States Code
Chapter 9
Selected Iowa State Statutes
Chapter 10
Selected Long Arm Statutes
Chapter 11
Example Complaints