The Online Books Page

Actions and defenses -- United States

See also what's at your library, or elsewhere.

Broader terms:

Narrower terms:

Filed under: Actions and defenses -- United States

Courting Failure: How School Finance Lawsuits Exploit Judges' Good Intentions and Harm our Children (c2006), ed. by Eric A. Hanushek (PDF with commentary at Stanford)
The quality of advocacy in the Federal courts : a report to the Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States to Consider Standards for Admission to Practice in the Federal Courts (Federal Judicial Center, 1978), by Anthony Partridge, Gordon Bermant, and Federal Judicial Center (page images at HathiTrust)
National security and individual freedom (McGraw-Hill, 1950), by Harold D. Lasswell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Use of rule 12(b) (6) in two federal districts courts (Federal Judicial Center, 1989), by Thomas E. Willging (page images at HathiTrust)
Essentials for attorneys in child support enforcement (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Child Support Enforcement, National Institute for Child Support Enforcement, 1986), by Michael R. Henry, Mark R. Reynolds, Victoria S. Schwartz, and National Institute for Child Support Enforcement (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Antitrust damage allocation hearings before the Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, first and second sessions, on antitrust damage allocation, October 21, 1981; March 3, 18, June 9, and September 9, 1982. (U.S. G.P.O., 1983), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law (page images at HathiTrust)
Equal access a first amendment question : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, on S. 815 and S. 1059 ... April 28 and August 3, 1983. (U.S. G.P.O., 1983), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
Empirical study of class actions in four federal district courts : final report to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules (Federal Judicial Center, 1996), by Thomas E. Willging, Robert J. Niemic, Laural L. Hooper, and Federal Judicial Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Disclosure litigation training reference (Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service :, 1997), by United States Department of the Treasury (page images at HathiTrust)
Advisory Committee Notes to the Federal Rules of Evidence that may require clarification (Federal Judicial Center, 1998), by Daniel J. Capra and Federal Judicial Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Claims arising in a foreign country (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Division, 1988), by Julie Zatz and United States. Dept. of Justice. Torts Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
Asbestos litigation crisis : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session, March 5 and June 4, 2003. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2003), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
Asbestos litigation : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, September 25, 2002. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2003), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2004 : report together with minority views (to accompany H.R. 2731) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2004), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce (page images at HathiTrust)
Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2004 : report together with dissenting views (to accompany H.R. 4571) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). (U.S. G.P.O., 2004), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2005 : report together with additional and dissenting views (to accompany H.R. 420) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). (U.S. G.P.O., 2005), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2005 (U.S. G.P.O., 2005), by United States House Committee on Rules (page images at HathiTrust)
Recent developments in assessing future asbestos claims under the FAIR Act : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, November 17, 2005. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
Section 1983 litigation (Federal Judicial Center, 2008), by Martin A. Schwartz, Kathryn R. Urbonya, and Federal Judicial Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Examining the Federal Advisory Committee Act : current issues and developments : hearing before the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, April 2, 2008. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by Census United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Information Policy (page images at HathiTrust)
Litigation for paralegals (Boston : Little, Brown, [1996], 1996), by Thomas A. Mauet and Marlene A. Maerowitz (page images at HathiTrust)
Multidistrict, Multiparty, Multiforum Trial Jurisdiction Act of 2001 : report together with minority and dissenting views (to accompany H.R. 860) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). (U.S. G.P.O., 2001), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
Federal Arbitration Act : is the credit card industry using it to quash legal claims? : hearing before the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, May 5, 2009. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2010), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (page images at HathiTrust)
Securities Investor Protection Act of 1991 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Securities of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, on S. 1533 ... October 2, 1991. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1992), by Housing United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking (page images at HathiTrust)
Abandonment of the private right of action for aiding and abetting securities fraud/staff report on private securities litigation : hearing before the Subcommittee on Securities of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, on recent securities law decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court, Central Bank of Denver vs. First Interstate Bank of Denver ... May 12, 1994. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1994), by Housing United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking (page images at HathiTrust)
The Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1997--S. 1260 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Securities of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session, on S. 1260 ... October 29, 1997. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1998), by Housing United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking (page images at HathiTrust)
Implementation of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials of the Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session, October 21, 1997. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1998), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials (page images at HathiTrust)
The Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1997 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials of the Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, second session, on H.R. 1686, May 19, 1998. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1998), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials (page images at HathiTrust)
Securities litigation reform : hearings before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, July 22 and August 10, 1994. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1995), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance (page images at HathiTrust)
Implication of Supreme Court decision in Suter v. Artist M. : hearing before the Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy of the Committee on Finance, One Hundred Second Congress, second session, September 17, 1992. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1993), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy (page images at HathiTrust)
Fundamentals of procedure in actions at law (Baker, Voorhis & Co., 1922), by Austin Wakeman Scott (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Trial evidence : the rules of evidence applicable on the trial of civil actions : including both causes of action and defenses at common law, in equity and under the codes of procedure (Baker, Voorhis & Co., 1918), by Austin Abbott, John Kenneth Byard, and James MacGregor Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
Actions by and against corporations at law and in equity : embracing also criminal offenses and the constitutional basis of corporation actions and defenses (Banks Law Pub. Co., 1910), by Joseph A. Joyce (page images at HathiTrust)
A treatise on the law of defenses in actions on commercial paper : including the defenses at common law and under the negotiable instruments acts (Bobbs-Merrill, 1907), by Joseph A. Joyce and Howard C. Joyce (page images at HathiTrust)
The law of interpleader as administered by the English, Irish, American, Canadian and Australian courts, with an appendix of statutes. (The Carswell Company, limited;, 1901), by Roderick James Maclennan (page images at HathiTrust)
Code remedies: remedies and remedial rights by the civil action according to the reformed American procedure; a treatise adapted to use in all the states and territories where that system prevails (Little, Brown, and company, 1904), by John Norton Pomeroy and Thomas Ashford Bogle (page images at HathiTrust)
Remedies and remedial rights by the civil action, according to the reformed American procedure. A treatise adapted to use in all the states and territories where that system prevails. (Little, Brown, and Company, 1883), by John Norton Pomeroy (page images at HathiTrust)
Remedies and remedial rights by the civil action, according to the reformed American procedure : a treatise adapted to use in all the states and territories where that system prevails (Little, Brown, 1876), by John Norton Pomeroy (page images at HathiTrust)
A treatise upon some of the general principles of the law : whether of a legal, or of an equitable nature : including their relations and application to actions and defenses in general : whether in courts of common law, or courts of equity : and equally adapted to courts governed by codes (W. Gould, Jr., & Co., 1885), by William Wait (page images at HathiTrust)
A treatise upon some of the general principles of the law, whether of a legal, or of an equitable nature, including their relations and application to actions and defenses in general, whether in courts of common law, or courts of equity; and equally adapted to courts governed by codes (W. Gould & Son, 1877), by William Wait, Edward Cookingham, Daniel M. Mickey, Charles Theodore Boone, and Edwin Baylies (page images at HathiTrust)
Liability for Aiding and Abetting Securities Violations Act of 2009 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2010), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs (page images at HathiTrust)
Asbestos claims/claims court reference : hearing before the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session ... August 10, 1988. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1988 [i.e. 1989], 1988), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
Recent court decisions affecting ERISA and executive life annuities : hearing before the Subcommittee on Labor of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, on S. 1312 ... August 2, 1993. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1994), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Labor (page images at HathiTrust)
AIDS litigation project : objective description of trends in AIDS litigation (Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, 1990), by Lawrence O. Gostin, Hazel Sandomire, Lane Porter, and National AIDS Program Office (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Cases and other materials on judicial remedies, from the forms of actions and the classical equity practice to the Federal rules of civil procedure (Pub. by the editors, Harvard law school, 1938), by Austin Wakeman Scott, Sidney Post Simpson, United States Supreme Court, and United States. District Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
Actions for declaratory judgments : a treatise on the pleading, practice and trial of an action for a declaratory judgment, from its inception to its conclusion (Harrison, 1951), by Walter Houston Anderson (page images at HathiTrust)
A digest of the law of actions and trials at nisi prius (Published by Stephen Gould, sign of Lord Coke, corner of Wall and Broad Streets, opposite the Custom-House :, 1820), by Isaac 'Espinasse, George Wilson, Samuel Harris, John Anthon, Gabriel Ver Planck Ludlow, Anthony Bleecker, and Richard Riker (page images at HathiTrust)
A digest of the law of actions at nisi prius ... (Printed by J. Crukshank, and W. Young, booksellers and stationers, 1791), by Isaac 'Espinasse (page images at HathiTrust)
Rights, remedies, and practice, at law, in equity, and under the codes : a treatise on American law in civil causes : with a digest of illustrative cases (Bancroft-Whitney Co., 1889), by John D. Lawson (page images at HathiTrust)
Remedies and remedial rights by the civil action according to the reformed American procedure : a treatise adapted to use in all the states and territories where that system prevails (Little, Brown, and Company, 1894), by John Norton Pomeroy and John Norton Pomeroy (page images at HathiTrust)
The practice in courts of justice in England and the United States (A. Morris, 1854), by Conway Robinson (page images at HathiTrust)
The right to and the cause for action : both civil and criminal, at law, in equity, and admiralty under the common law and under the codes (W.H. Anderson & Co., 1902), by Hiram L. Sibley (page images at HathiTrust)
Trial evidence : the rules of evidence applicable on the trial of civil actions (including both causes of action and defenses) at common law, in equity and under the codes of procedure (Baker, Voorhis, 1900), by Austin Abbott and John J. Crawford (page images at HathiTrust)
Forms of pleading in actions for legal or equitable relief ... (Baker, Voorhis & Company, 1898), by Austin Abbott (page images at HathiTrust)
Declaratory judgments (West Pub. Co., 1940), by Walter H. Anderson, Gus Carr Anderson, and Clyde Bowen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Steps in a civil action : including the opinion and transcript of record in Rovinski v Rowe, 131 F (20) 687, (1942) for use in the lectures on An introduction to the legal system (The Overbeck Co., 1946), by E. Blythe Stason (page images at HathiTrust)
Civil Division. (The Division, 1994), by United States. Dept. of Justice and United States. Dept. of Justice. Civil Division (page images at HathiTrust)
Asset forfeiture : law and practice manual (The Section, 1998), by United States. Dept. of Justice. Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section (page images at HathiTrust)
The Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 : report of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 1260, together with additional views. (U.S. G.P.O., 1998), by Housing United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking (page images at HathiTrust)
Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 : report together with dissenting and additional dissenting views (to accompany H.R. 1689) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). (U.S. G.P.O., 1998), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 : conference report (to accompany S. 1260). (U.S. G.P.O., 1998), by United States. Congress 1998) (page images at HathiTrust)
In state plaintiff diversity jurisdiction. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1994), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
Multidistrict, Multiparty, Multiforum Trial Jurisdiction Act of 1999 and Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1999 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, first session, on H.R. 2112 and H.R. 1752, June 16, 1999. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2000), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property (page images at HathiTrust)
International Energy Agency : plan to provide legal defenses to participating U.S. oil companies : briefing report to the Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum, U.S. Senate (The Office, 1988), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Are policy-driven lawsuits in the public interest (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2001), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
A treatise on the law of real property. Actions and defenses. (W. C. Little & co., 1880), by Anson Bingham (page images at HathiTrust)
The law of interpleader as administered by the English, Irish, American, Canadian and Australian courts with an appendix of statutes (Carswell, 1901), by Roderick James Maclennan (page images at HathiTrust)
Rights, remedies, and practice, at law, in equity, and under the codes : a treatise on American law in civil causes, with a digest of illustrative cases (Bancroft Whitney, 1889), by John D. Lawson (page images at HathiTrust)
Remedies and remedial rights : by the civil action according to the reformed American procedure : a treatise adapted to use in all the states and territories where the system prevails (Little, Brown, 1883), by John Norton Pomeroy (page images at HathiTrust)
The law of pleading under the codes of civil procedure. With an introduction briefly explaining the common law and equity systems of pleading, and an analytical index, in which is given the code provisions as to pleading in each of the states which have adopted the reformed procedure. (Little, Brown, and Company, 1894), by Edwin E. Bryant (page images at HathiTrust)
Child abuse and neglect litigation : a manual for judges (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Human Development Services, Administration for Children, Youth and Families, National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, Children's Bureau ; For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1981), by Howard A. Davidson, National Legal Resource Center for Child Advocacy and Protection (U.S.), National Center for State Courts, National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, and United States Children's Bureau (page images at HathiTrust)
Actions at law and suits in equity (American School of Correspondence, 1912), by Vroman Mason and Ill.) American School (Chicago (page images at HathiTrust)
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 : report of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, to accompany S. 240 together with additional views. (U.S. G.P.O., 1995), by Housing United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking (page images at HathiTrust)
An Act to Repeal a Redundant Venue Provision, and for Other Purposes. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1996), by United States (page images at HathiTrust)
Victims' rights and services for the 21st century (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime, 1998), by United States. Office of Justice Programs. Office for Victims of Crime (page images at HathiTrust)
Victims' rights and services for the 21st century : corrections (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime, 1998), by United States. Office of Justice Programs. Office for Victims of Crime (page images at HathiTrust)
Victims' rights and services for the 21st century : judiciary (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime, 1998), by United States. Office of Justice Programs. Office for Victims of Crime (page images at HathiTrust)
Victims' rights and services for the 21st century : prosecution (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime, 1998), by United States. Office of Justice Programs. Office for Victims of Crime (page images at HathiTrust)
Victims' rights and services for the 21st century : victims' rights (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime, 1998), by United States. Office of Justice Programs. Office for Victims of Crime (page images at HathiTrust)
Liability reform and small business (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2007), by United States House Committee on Small Business (page images at HathiTrust)
Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, on H.R. 966, March 11, 2011 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2011), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution (page images at HathiTrust)
How fraud and abuse in the asbestos compensation system affect victims, jobs, the economy, and the legal system : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, September 9, 2011 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2011), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution (page images at HathiTrust)
The Influence of current judicial doctrines on the cost of purchasing health care : a report of the Advisory Council on Social Security. (The Council, 1991), by United States. Advisory Council on Social Security (1989-1991) (page images at HathiTrust)
The modern law of assumpsit; a practical treatise on the law and procedure in an action for the breach of all contracts, express or implied, sealed or unsealed. (J.K. Goodhue, 1917), by Warren Brance Kittle and Assumpsit (page images at HathiTrust)
Manual on employment discrimination and civil rights actions in the federal courts (Federal Judicial Center, 1981), by Charles R. Richey and Federal Judicial Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Asset forfeiture law and practice manual. (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Criminal Division, Asset Foreiture and Money Laundering Section, 1998), by United States. Department of Justice. Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section (page images at HathiTrust)
Claims arising in a foreign country (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Division, 1988), by Julie Zatz and United States. Department of Justice. Torts Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
Improving the federal wage and hour regulatory structure : hearing before the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, second session, hearing held in Washington, DC, July 23, 2014. (Washington : U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2015., 2015), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Workforce Protections (page images at HathiTrust)
FACT Act of 2013 ([Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. Government Printing Office], [2013-, 2013), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
Asbestos Litigation (Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2005), by Deborah R. Hensler, Matthias Schonlau, Jennifer Gross, Elizabeth M. Sloss, and Stephen J. Carroll (JSTOR ebook)

More items available under narrower terms.

Help with reading books -- Report a bad link -- Suggest a new listing

Home -- Search -- New Listings -- Authors -- Titles -- Subjects -- Serials

Books -- News -- Features -- Archives -- The Inside Story

Edited by John Mark Ockerbloom (onlinebooks@pobox.upenn.edu)
OBP copyrights and licenses.