This course will be taught entirely online via Zoom.
This course addresses the doctrines and policies that shape and limit the power of federal courts. Topics include the subject-matter jurisdiction of the federal district courts, the law applied to state-law claims, federal common law, justiciability, suits challenging official action, judicial federalism, and legislative courts.
Textbooks ( * denotes required )
Hart & Wechsler's The Federal Courts and the Federal System
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Fallon, Manning, Meltzer & Shapiro
Foundation Press
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edition: 7th ed.
2020 Supplement to Hart & Wechsler's The Federal Courts and the Federal System
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Woolley, Patrick 