The New York Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR) is chapter 8 of the Consolidated Laws of New York[1] and governs legal procedure in the Unified Court System such as jurisdiction, venue, and pleadings, as well certain areas of substantive law such as the statute of limitations and joint and several liability.[2] The CPLR has approximately 700 individual sections and rules which are divided into 70 articles. A committee of the New York State Bar Association, the Committee on Civil Practice Law and Rules, monitors the law and periodically proposes amendments.[3]
History
The 1846 New York State Constitution directed the appointment of a commission to simplify and modernize the arcane system of writs and pleadings, and the Field Code (after commissioner David Dudley Field II) was enacted by the Legislature on April 12, 1848.[4][5] The CPLR was enacted in 1962.[6][1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Zimmerman's Research Guide - New York Civil Practice Act". LexisNexis. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ^ [1] from findlaw.
- ^ New York State Bar Association, Committee on Civil Practice Law and Rules
- ^ "An Act to simplify and abridge the Practice, Pleadings and Proceedings of the Courts of this State". Laws of New York. Vol. 71st sess. 1848. pp. 497–565. hdl:2027/uc1.b4375252. ISSN 0892-287X. Chapter 379, enacted 12 April 1848, effective 1 July 1848.
- ^ Coe, Mildred V.; Morse, Lewis W. (1942). "Chronology of the Development of the David Dudley Field Code". Cornell L. Rev. 27 (238).
- ^ Article 100, Civil Practice Law & Rules
External links
- Civil Practice Law and Rules from the Legislative Bill Drafting Commission
- Civil Practice Law and Rules from FindLaw
- Civil Practice Law and Rules from Justia
- New York CPLR (Redbook), 2015 Edition from LexisNexis
