Federal courts
Subtitle: examples and explanations
By: Laura Little.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780735561465
Subjects: Courts -- United States; Jurisdiction -- United States; Judicial power -- United States; Procedure (Law) -- United States
Table of contents: title: Strategy for studying federal courts and jurisdiction; title: Federal question jurisdiction in lower federal courts; title: Diversity of citizenship jurisdiction; title: Supplemental jurisdiction in lower federal courts; title: Justiciability doctrines; title: Congressional controlover jurisdiction; title: The Anti-Injunction Act; title: Abstention doctrines; title: State court authority to enforce federal law; title: State court responsibility to enforce federal law; title: Role of the United States Supreme Court; title: Role of lower federal courts; title: Eleventh amendment restrictions; title: Section 1983; title: The Erie mandate; title: Federal common law.