Federal Standards of Review

Author(s): Childress, Steven Alan (Author), Martha S. Davis (Author)
Control the review process at trial and appeal and thereby turn it into a powerful, strategic tool!

Publisher: Michie

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Print Book: 3 volume, hardbound 5th Edition
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Control the review process at trial and appeal and thereby turn it into a powerful, strategic tool!

Now in its Fifth edition, Federal Standards of Review provides a comprehensive analysis of the review process in civil, criminal and administrative cases. Know exactly how to evaluate a matter brought before the court for review, whether it involves juries, motions, agencies and magistrate judges, or habeas.

Standards of review, those catchphrases that shape how appellate judges review the actions of the trial judge, jury, or administrative agency, are the essential language of appeals. Make sure you have the definitive authority on the topic!

The previous edition's ISBN is 9781422479001.

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VOLUME 1:  CIVIL CASES AND GENERAL REVIEW PRINCIPLES

PART I  INTRODUCTION: CONCEPT AND PROCESS OF REVIEW

Chapter 1  Standards of Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART II  CIVIL CASES

Chapter 2  Findings: Trial to the Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 3  Findings by a Jury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 4  Trial Judge: Supervision and Discretion . . . . .
Chapter 5  Trial Judge: Motions for Judgment or Relief . . . . .
Chapter 6  General Principles: Precedent, New Issues, and Harmless Error . .

VOLUME 2: CRIMINAL CASES AND ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

PART III  CRIMINAL CASES

Chapter 7  Criminal Appeals Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 8  Guilty Pleas Under Rule 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 9  Verdict of the Jury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 10  Verdict and Findings of the Judge . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 11  Trial Judge: Supervision and Discretion . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 12  Review of Misconduct and Ineffectiveness . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 13  Postconviction Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

VOLUME 3: AMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

PART IV:  ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS

Chapter 14  Administrative Decisionmaking and Availability of Review . . . .
Chapter 15  Review Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 16  Review Based on Nature of Agency Procedure . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 17  Review Based on Nature of Agency Decision . . . . . . . . .

TABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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