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Federal Jurisdiction, Fifth Edition » (5th Edition)
Authors: Erwin Chemerinsky
ISBN-13: 9780735564077, ISBN-10: 0735564078
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Date Published: July 2007
Edition: 5th Edition
Author Biography: Erwin Chemerinsky
Book Synopsis
This premier treatise offers a powerful exploration of the underlying polices and the doctrine of federal jurisdiction. Erwin Chemerinsky, one of the nation's leading authorities in this area of the law, clearly identifies current law and unresolved
Table of Contents
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Ch. 1 | Introduction: Historical Background and Contemporary Themes | 1 |
| Pt. I | Constitutional and Statutory Limits on Federal Court Jurisdiction | 41 |
| Ch. 2 | Justiciability: Constitutional and Prudential Limits on Federal Judicial Power | 43 |
| Ch. 3 | Congressional Control of Federal and State Court Jurisdiction | 169 |
| Ch. 4 | Congressional Power to Create Legislative Courts | 215 |
| Ch. 5 | The Subject Matter Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts | 259 |
| Ch. 6 | Federal Common Law | 353 |
| Pt. II | Federal Court Relief Against Government and Government Officers | 391 |
| Ch. 7 | Suits Against State Governments: The Eleventh Amendment and Sovereign Immunity | 393 |
| Ch. 8 | Federal Court Relief Against Local Governments and State and Local Government Officers: 42 U.S.C. [actual symbol not reproducible]1983 | 463 |
| Ch. 9 | Federal Court Relief Against Federal Officers and the Federal Government | 587 |
| Pt. III | Federal Court Review of State Court Judgments and Proceedings | 635 |
| Ch. 10 | United States Supreme Court Review | 637 |
| Ch. 11 | Statutory Control of the Relationship Between Federal Courts and the States | 713 |
| Ch. 12 | Federal Court Abstention Because of Unclear State Law | 761 |
| Ch. 13 | Federal Court Abstention to Avoid Interference with Pending State Proceedings | 795 |
| Ch. 14 | Abstention to Avoid Duplicative Litigation | 837 |
| Ch. 15 | Federal Court Collateral Review of Criminal Convictions: Habeas Corpus | 861 |
| App. A | The Constitution of the United States | 939 |
| App. B | Selected Federal Statutes | 957 |
| Table of Cases | 1005 | |
| Index | 1037 |
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