"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." --