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Gilbert Law Summaries: Federal Courts

  • Edition : 6th ed., 2019
  • Author(s) : Fletcher, Pfander
    • ISBN: 9781642427028
    • SKU: 40019
    • Condition: New
    • Format: Paperback

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Gilbert Law Summaries are America’s best selling law school outlines and have set the standard for excellence since they were introduced more than thirty-five years ago. It’s Gilbert’s unique combination of features that makes it the one study-aid you’ll turn to for all of your study needs! You will walk into class prepared with a comprehensive outline of the law, a concise capsule summary perfect for a quick review, charts of every kind, a text correlation chart so that you can match your specific reading assignment to the relevant pages in the Gilbert outline, and an index/table of cases. Ace your final exams with a step-by-step approach to attack your exam, exam tips, and sample multiple choice, true-false, and essay questions.

Professor Fletcher and Pfander's Gilbert Law Summaries: Federal Courts edition is no exception.

This Federal Courts outline discusses Article III courts, the "case or controversy" requirement, justiciability, advisory opinions, political questions, and ripeness. It also includes mootness, standing, congressional power over federal court jurisdiction, Supreme Court jurisdiction, district court subject matter jurisdiction (including federal question jurisdiction and diversity jurisdiction), and pendent and ancillary jurisdiction. Other topics include removal jurisdiction, venue, forum non conveniens, law applied in the federal courts (including Erie Doctrine), federal law in the state courts, abstention, habeas corpus for state prisoners, federal injunctions against state court proceedings, and Eleventh Amendment.