Pleadings

The premium, go-to resource for instant analysis, spot-on guidance, and time-saving practice tips covering every aspect of California pretrial civil procedure.

Jury instructions for criminal actions in Colorado as endorsed by the Supreme Court of Colorado. These are the most authoritative jury instructions as they are directly from the Colorado Supreme Court.

Federal Criminal Trials is the definitive treatise on federal criminal procedure, trial rules and proceedings, and constitutional protections, including an in-depth look and analysis of both the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and Federal Rules of Evidence as well as post-trial proceedings and appeals. This is the only treatise which covers exclusively in a single volume criminal issue relating to constitutional protections, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and Federal Rules of Evidence. This treatise is also a valuable asset to state practice, particular in those states which have adopted both the Federal Rules of Criminal Practice and Evidence. The Appendices provide the most updated copy of both the Federal Rules of Evidence and Federal Rules of Criminal Practice and Procedure for easy reference.

Georgia Crimes and Defenses is a landmark treatise on substantive criminal law in Georgia, combining several practical resources for criminal defense lawyers, prosecutors, and judges. The 500-page volume analyzes the elements of over 100 crimes in the Georgia code including – homicides, assaults, kidnapping, thefts, controlled substance offenses, motor vehicle offenses, property crimes, sex offenses, computer offenses and more. The Treatise provides insight into possible defenses, lesser included offenses, and a catalogue of hundreds of appellate decisions that hold that insufficient evidence supported the conviction in the most frequently prosecuted offenses. 

Indiana Trial Evidence Manual fully covers the Indiana Evidence Rules, as well as the latest cases and statutes.

Louisiana Civil Procedure with Forms provides practical, step-by-step guidance on the phases of pretrial civil procedure in Louisiana courts for attorneys and judges engaged in civil litigation, including forms for effective practice.

This respected Minnesota guide to pleading under the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure contains hundreds of sample pleadings--complaints, answers, replies, and motions--for a variety of actions, from the common to the obscure.

The Kentucky Evidence Law Handbook delivers quick, accurate answers to evidence questions from the original principal author of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence themselves, Robert G. Lawson, providing step-by-step commentary on the law of evidence in Kentucky. While Prof. Richard Underwood has taken over the update duties, the treatise continues to deliver the same reliable information provided by the original author who helped compose and codify Kentucky’s Rules of Evidence. This Handbook continues to be regularly quoted and cited by the Kentucky courts in its decisions and referenced in shaping the state's law of evidence, in both civil and criminal cases.

Take and defend positions on daily pre-trial civil procedure issues with clear, concise analysis, spot-on practical examples, time-saving checklists and more---for use in Federal courts and in the 22 states that follow the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.