Federal Jurisdiction.

Catalog description

This course focuses on the role of the federal courts in relation to (1) other branches of the federal government and (2) states and their courts. Topics include: judicial review, particularly standing, ripeness, mootness, and political questions; congressional power to control federal jurisdiction; federal appellate jurisdiction; federal-question jurisdiction; supplemental jurisdiction; federal common law; state sovereign immunity; abstention; and "Our Federalism."