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59 Brook. L. Rev. 1155 (1993-1994)
Teaching Civil Procedure While You Watch It Disintegrate

handle is hein.journals/brklr59 and id is 1165 raw text is: TEACHING CIVIL PROCEDURE WHILE YOU WATCH IT DISINTEGRATE Stephen N. Subrin* The map of Europe, Northern Africa and the Arab nations published in Monday's editions contained the following errors: Libya was labeled as the Ukraine; Bulgaria and Romania were transposed; Bosnia-Herzegovina was identified as Bosnia; Montenegro should have been identified as a separate state bordering Serbia; Cyprus and the West Bank were not labeled; Andorra, a country between France and Spain, was not labeled; the Crimean Peninsula appeared twice on the Black Sea; Kuwait was not identified by name, instead the initials of the Knight-Ridder News Service were in its place.1 I. WHILE YOU WATCH IT DISINTEGRATE So often these days we hear someone say: 'Mdy world is falling apart, forcing me to question my assumptions and threatening my sense of security. Is that what is happening to civil procedure? Is my field really disintegrating? Weigh the evidence. A. The Changing Procedural Landscape Most of us were introduced to civil procedure by the Feder- al Rules. It is commonplace to point to their characteristic ease of pleading and amendment, breadth of potential joinder of parties and issues and liberal discovery. Also well documented is their underlying philosophy: the importance of uniformity Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Northeastern University School of Law; A.B., Harvard University 1958; LL.B., Harvard University 1963. As always, I am indebted to my editor and friend, Judy Brown. I am also grateful to the many students who have helped me, and especially to Mary Azzarito and Tom Main. No Comment Department, THE NEW YORKER, Feb. 22, 1993, at 182 (from the Norfolk (Va.) Virginian-Pilot).

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