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LAW-2403-01 -- Federal Courts
Instructor
Fred Smith

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1. Federal courts in context [2023]

Description
Book — xxv, 1346 pages ; 27 cm
Summary
  • Placing federal courts in context
  • Invoking the authority of the federal courts
  • Justiciability : constitutional and prudential limits on federal judicial power
  • Congressional control of federal and state adjudication
  • Federal common law
  • Suits against state, local, tribal, and foreign governments and their officers
  • Federal court relief against the federal government and federal officers
  • The writ of habeas corpus : relief against a state or federal officer responsible for unlawful detention
  • Supreme Court review
  • The relationship between federal district courts and the state courts
Law Library (Crown)
LAW-2403-01

2. Federal jurisdiction [2021]

Description
Book — xxvi, 1201 pages : 26 cm
Summary
  • Introduction: Historical background and contemporary themes
  • Justiciability : constitutional and prudential limits on federal judicial power
  • Congressional control of federal and state court jurisdiction
  • Congressional power to create legislative courts
  • The subject matter jurisdiction of the federal courts
  • Federal common law
  • Suits against state governments : the Eleventh Amendment and sovereign immunity
  • Federal court relief against local governments and state and local government officers : 42 U.S.C. Section 1983
  • Federal court relief against federal officers and the federal government
  • U.S. Supreme Court review
  • Statutory control of the relationship between federal courts and the states
  • Federal court abstention because of unclear state law
  • Federal court abstention to avoid review of state court judgments or interference with pending state proceedings
  • Abstention to avoid duplicative litigation
  • Federal court collateral review of criminal convictions : habeas corpus
"Treatise for law students on federal jurisdiction"-- Provided by publisher
Law Library (Crown)
LAW-2403-01