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Control the review process at trial and appeal and thereby turn it into a powerful, strategic tool!
Now in its fourth 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!
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Table of Contents
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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