Federal jurisdiction / Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Wolters Kluwer,
[2021]
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| Edition: | Eighth edition. |
| Series: | Aspen treatise series.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.