Federal jurisdiction
By: Erwin Chemerinsky.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1084
ISBN-13: 9780735564077
Subjects: Jurisdiction -- United States; Courts -- United States
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: historical background and contemporary themes; title: Justiciability: constitutional and prudential limits on federal judicial power; title: Congressional control of federal and state court jurisdiction; title: Congressional power to create legislative courts; title: The subject matter jurisdiction of the federal courts; title: Federal common law; title: Suits against state governments: the eleventh amendment and sovereign immunity; title: Federal court relief against local governments and state and local government officers: 42 U.S.C. 1983; title: Federal court relief against federal officers and the federal government; title: United States Supreme Court review; title: Statutory control of the relationship between federal courts and the states; title: Federal court abstention because of unclear state law; title: Federal court abstention to avoid interference with pending state proceedings; title: Abstention to avoid duplicative litigation; title: Federal court collateral review of criminal convictions: habeas corpus.