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.