Book Review:

Edward F. Sherman, Restructuring the Trial Process in the Age of Complex Litigation (reviewing William W. Schwarzer’s Managing Antitrust and Other Complex Litigation: A Handbook for Lawyers and Judges and Wayne D. Brazil, Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., and Paul R. Rice’s Managing Complex Litigation: A Practical Guide to the Use of Special Masters), 63 Texas L. Rev. 721 (1984).

Abstract:

These two books represent a significant development in the movement to devise procedures fro corralling the complex litigation monster.  They reflect the experiences of a judge on the one hand and of special masters on the other grappling with the problems of complex cases.  Judge William Schwarzer draws on his experiences in trying complex cases, offering both a theoretical framework and practical devices for streamlining and speeding up the litigation process.  Professors Geoffrey Hazard and Paul Rice provide an illuminating case study of the management techniques that worked for them as special masters in the massive United States v. AT&T case.  Their co-author, Professor wayne Brazil, contributes his expertise from research on civil discovery and dispute resolution under American Bar Foundation sponsorship.