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 and Wechsler's The Federal Courts and The Federal System
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Fallon, Richard, Jr., Manning, John, Meltzer, Daniel, Fallon Jr., Richard, and Shapiro, David
Foundation Press
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edition: 7
ISBN: 978-1-60930-427-0
The Judicial Code and Rules of Procedure in the Federal Courts, 2021 Revision(optional)
Clermont, Kevin
West Academic
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edition: 2021
ISBN: 978-1-64708-845-3
The Federal Courts and the Federal System, 7th, 2021 Supplement
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Fallon
West Academic
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edition: 2021
ISBN: 978-1-64708-883-5
Woolley, Patrick 