This Supplement adds important new cases as well as coverage of Congress's amendment of the federal officer removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1442.
Drawing on economic and political theory, legal analysis, and his own extensive judicial experience, Posner sketches the history of the federal courts, describes the contemporary institution, appraises concerns that have been expressed with ...
26 More recently, two wellknown students of the subject noted, “The participation of organized interests in judicial nominations in recent years extends well beyond the highly visible cases of [Robert H.] Bork, [David H.] Souter, ...
New to the Third Edition: Updates to each chapter with key cases, text additions, and doctrinal developments, e.g. Markazi, Patchak, diversity jurisdiction via removal, and Ziglar v. Abbasi.
Softbound - New, softbound print book.
History of the Federal Courts is an overall survey of the federal courts of the U.S. The work is based on the research of court records and national archives. It...
Federal Courts: Cases and Materials
Federal Courts: Cases, Comments, and Questions
Understanding Federal Courts and Jurisdiction is ideal for students in the basic procedure course as well as upper division federal jurisdiction and practice courses.
Finley , after all , involved a Federal Tort Claims Act suit against a federal defendant and state - law claims against ... in § 1367 ( b ) may have been an “ unintentional drafting gap , ” Meritcare , 166 F.3d , at 221 and n.6 .
This book discusses the use of congressional power to create federal courts. It also examines ongoing congressional interest in select characteristics of lower federal court judges.