Restatement of the Law Second,

Judgments

This work represents a thorough rethinking and reformulation of the preclusive effects of judgments in civil actions. The law of res judicata is stated in terms coordinate with the legislative systems of civil procedure currently in general use, such as the Federal Rules and state systems closely similar to them.

Reporters:
Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., Yale Law School, New Haven, CT [from 1973]
Benjamin Kaplan, Associate Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Boston, MA [to 1973]
David L. Shapiro, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA [to 1974]

Summary of Contents

Volume 1

Foreword

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Validity of Judgments
Topic 1. Notice
  Topic 2. Territorial Jurisdiction
  Topic 3. Subject Matter Jurisdiction

Chapter 3. Former Adjudication: The Effects of a Judicial Judgment
Topic 1. General Rules Applicable to Judgments
  Topic 2. Personal Judgments
  Title A. In General
Title B. Effects on the Original Claim
Title C. Counterclaims
Title D. The Scope of “Claim”
Title E. Issue Preclusion
  Topic 3. Judgments Based on Jurisdiction Over Things or Over Status
  Topic 4. Declaratory Judgments

Chapter 4. Parties and Other Persons Affected by Judgments
Topic 1. Parties and Persons Represented by Parties

Volume 2

Chapter 4. Parties and Other Persons Affected by Judgments (continued)
Topic 2. Substantive Legal Relationships Resulting in Preclusion
  Topic 3. Third Party Obligations Regarding Judgment

Chapter 5. Relief from a Judgment
  Topic 1. Relief Sought by a Party
  Title A. Default Judgment
Title B. Relief from a Judgment in a Contested Action
Title C. Relief Based on Events Subsequent to Judgment
Title D. Equitable Considerations in Determining Relief
  Topic 2. Relief for Non-Parties
  Topic 3. Procedure for Obtaining Relief
  Title A. Proof in Obtaining Relief
Title B. Judgment of Same State
Title C. Judgment of Another State

Chapter 6. Special Problems Deriving from Nature of Forum Rendering Judgment

Conversion Tables
Table I. Counterparts of First and Second Restatements
Table II. Section Numbers from Official Text to Tentative Drafts
Table III. Section Numbers from Tentative Drafts to Official Text (listed according to publication sequence in Tentative Drafts)
Table IV. Section Numbers from Tentative Drafts to Official Text (listed according to numerical sequence in Tentative Drafts)
Table V. Cases
Table VI. Statutes
Table VII. Federal Rules

Index

Judgments

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