Federal Courts

by Yackle, Larry W.

• ISBN13: 9781594605598
• ISBN10: 1594605599
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press

Summary

"This third edition of Federal Courts offers a succinct account of the law governing the tribunals that exercise the judicial power of the United States. It provides lawyers and law students with a concise presentation of the constitutional principles, statutes, and judge-made doctrines covered in law school courses on the subject, typically entitled "Federal Courts" or "Federal Jurisdiction." To assist students, this book follows the subject headings, principal decisions, and commentaries emphasized in standard law school course materials. Readers who need an introduction to the basics will find it in this text; readers who need deeper analysis will find it in the exhaustive footnotes."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Larry W. Yackle is a professor of law at Boston University School of Law.

Table of Contents

Methodology	p. 3
History and modern structure	p. 29
Judicial independence	p. 49
Article III courts	p. 59
Non-Article III adjudicative bodies	p. 87
Federal questions in state court	p. 133
The Supreme Court	p. 175
Federal questions in the district courts	p. 223
Justiciability	p. 303
Suits against government and government officers	p. 411
Abstention	p. 491
Habeas corpus	p. 543
Table of cases	p. 687
Index	p. 709
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