Federal courts
By: Laura E. Little.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9780735588264
Subjects: Courts -- United States; Jurisdiction -- United States; Judicial power -- United States; Procedure (Law) -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Strategy for studying federal courts and jurisdiction; title: Federal question jurisdiction in lower federal courts; title: Diversity of citizenship jurisdiction in lower federal courts; title: Supplemental jurisdiction in lower federal courts; title: Justiciability doctrines; title: Congressional control over 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.