Thomas Main

William S. Boyd Professor of Law
Phone: 702-895-2927
Education:
B.A., Grinnell College
J.D., Northeastern University School of Law

Publications

Books

Thomas O. Main & Jarod Wong, Global Issues in Remedies (West Publishing, forthcoming 2013).

Thomas O. Main & Margaret Woo, Global Issues in Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials (West Publishing, 2d ed., 2013; 1st ed., 2006).

Thomas O. Main, Stephen N. Subrin, Martha L. Minow & Mark S. Brodin, Civil Procedure: Doctrine, Practice and Context (Aspen Law and Business, 4th ed., 2012; 3d ed., 2008; 2d ed. 2004; 1st ed., 2001).

Thomas O. Main, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure with Resources for Study (Thomas O. Main, Stephen N. Subrin, Martha L. Minow and Mark S. Brodin, eds., Aspen Law and Business, 2004-2012).

Thomas O. Main & Stephen McCaffrey, Transnational Litigation in Comparative Perspective: Theory and Application (Oxford University Press 2009).

 

Articles

Thomas O. Main, Toward a Law of Parting Gifts: Conditioning Forum Non Conveniens Dismissals, __ Sw. J. Int'l L. __ (forthcoming 2012).

Thomas O. Main, The Procedural Foundation of Substantive Law, 87 Wash. U. L. Rev. 801 (2010).

Thomas O. Main, Judicial Discretion to Condition, 79 Temp. L. Rev. 1075 (2006).

Thomas O. Main, ADR: The New Equity, 74 U. Cin. L. Rev. 329 (2005).

Thomas O. Main & Stephen N. Subrin, The Integration of Law and Fact in an Uncharted Parallel Procedural Universe, 79 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1981 (2004).

Thomas O. Main, Traditional Equity and Contemporary Procedure, 78 Wash. L. Rev. 429 (2003).

Thomas O. Main, Procedural Uniformity and the Exaggerated Role of Rules, 46 Vill. L. Rev. 311 (2001).

 

Commentaries, Essays, and Reviews

Thomas O. Main, On Teaching Conflicts and Why I Dislike Allstate Insurance v. Hague, 12 Nev. L.J. 600 (2012).

Thomas O. Main, Transnational Litigation: Report for the United States (International Association of Procedural Law Congress, Heidelberg, Germany, 2011).

Thomas O. Main, Country Studies from Beyond the Divide in The Future of Categories/Categories of the Future (LexisNexis Butterworths 2009) (J. Walker, ed.).

Thomas O. Main, Reconsidering Procedural Conformity Statutes, 35 W. St. U. L. Rev. 75 (2007).

Thomas O. Main, Report Regarding the Pacific McGeorge Workshop on Globalizing the Law School Curriculum, 19 Pacific McGeorge Global Bus. & Development J. 1 (2005) (with co-authors).

Thomas O. Main, An “Overwhelming Question” About Non-Formal Procedure, 3 Nev. L.J. 388 (2002).

Thomas O. Main & J. Clark Kelso, California State Senate versus Enron Corp.: An Analysis of Legal Issues Involving the Power of Legislative Contempt (prepared for the California State Senate, 2001).

Curriculum Vitae
Bio

Areas of Expertise
Civil Procedure
Comparative Law
Conflict of Laws
Federal Courts
Private International Law
Transnational Litigation