Federal jurisdiction / Erwin Chemerinsky.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chemerinsky, Erwin
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Aspen Publishers, [2007], ©2007.
Edition:Fifth edition.
Subjects:
Jurisdiction > United States.
Courts > United States.
Physical Description:xxvi, 1,084 pages ; 26 cm
Format: Book
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. 1983
  • Federal court relief against federal officers and the federal government
  • United States 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 interference with pending state proceedings
  • Abstention to avoid duplicative litigation
  • Federal court collateral review of criminal convictions: habeas corpus.