"From its inception, Federal Civil Rules Handbook has aimed to bridge the gap between a simple, austere reprinting of the rules and an exhaustive but costly multi-volume treatise that explores the rules in comprehensive depth. This handbook occupies the middle ground between these two poles: it sets the text of each Federal Rule of Civil Procedure alongside our authors' practical explanation as to what the rule means and how it operates in a legal practice. Published in an easily referenced, single-volume format, it offers an affordable guide that can be kept by the desk, consulted in the court room, or carried wherever today's practitioner may need a trusted resource" --

Complete Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Official Forms, Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims, Federal Rules of Evidence, and the Constitution of the United States, as amended to December 1, 2005, plus select provisions of Title 28 of the U.S. Code (Jurisdiction, Venue and Removal statutes), as amended through Public Law # 109-105. Includes citations to source. Handy paperback size of 8? x 5? inches easily fits in briefcase or purse. 208 pages. Comprehensive index. Published in January of each year just weeks after new rule changes take effect.