Federal Courts » (2nd Edition)

Widely respected federal courts scholar Professor Laura Little is known for her ability to present complicated subjects in an understandable fashion, and Examples & Explanations: Federal Courts, Second Edition , clearly demonstrates that. This

Part I Introduction to Federal Courts and Jurisdiction

Chapter 1 Strategy for Studying Federal Courts and Jurisdiction

Part II Authority of Federal Court to Adjudicate

Chapter 2 Federal Question Jurisdiction in Lower Federal Courts

Chapter 3 Diversity of Citizenship Jurisdiction in Lower Federal Courts

Chapter 4 Supplemental Jurisdiction in Lower Federal Courts

Part III Limitations of Federal Court Adjudication

Chapter 5 Justiciability Doctrines

Chapter 6 Congressional Control over Jurisdictions

Chapter 7 Anti-Injunction Act

Chapter 8 Abstention Doctrines

Part IV Role of State Courts in the Federalist System

Chapter 9 State Court Authority to Enforce Federal Law

Chapter 10 State Court Responsibility to Enforce Federal Law

Part V Federal Courts as Supervisors of State Courts

Chapter 11 Role of United States Supreme Court

Chapter 12 Role of Lower Federal Courts: Habeas Corpus and the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine

Part VI Federal Courts as Supervisors of State Officials and Agencies

Chapter 13 Eleventh Amendment Restrictions

Chapter 14 Section 1983

Part VII Federal Courts as Lawmakers

Chapter 15 The Erie Mandate and the Legitimacy of Federal Court Lawmaking

Chapter 16 Federal Common Law