TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hellman,Arthur D.
AU  - Robel,Lauren
AU  - Stras,David R.
TI  - Federal courts: cases and materials on judicial federalism and the lawyering process 
SN  - 9781422470169 (hbk.)
AV  - KF8719 .H45 2009
U1  - 347.732 HEL 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Newark, NJ
PB  - LexisNexis Matthew Bender
KW  - Courts
KW  - United States
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Jurisdiction
N1  - Includes index; The federal judicial system -- The judicial power under Article III --  Justiciability and the case or controversy requirement -- Federal authority and state courts -- Supreme court review of state-court decisions -- The Erie doctrine and the obligation of federal courts to follow state law -- Federal common law -- Challenges to jurisdiction -- The "Federal question" jurisdiction -- Diversity jurisdiction -- Special problems of removal jurisdiction --  Parallel proceedings in state and federal court --  Inter-system preclusions and the Rooker-Feldman doctrine -- Appellate review in the federal system --  State sovereign immunity -- The Section 1983 cause of action --  Limits on the jurisdiction -- Federal habeas corpus --  Challenging state action in state court --  Congressional  power to curtail the jurisdiction of the federal courts -- Congressional power to control judicial decisions making -- Non-Article III courts and judges; Kept up to date by supplement
ER  -