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Principles of Federal Jurisdiction

4th Edition
James E. Pfander
ISBN: 9781636593111
Subject: Civil Procedure
Format: Print - Softbound
Page Count: 517
Copyright: 2021 | Status: In Stock
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Designed for students in advanced courses and newly revised, this book explains the leading principles of federal jurisdiction. It covers such landmarks as Marbury v. Madison and Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents and the rules that govern original and appellate jurisdiction, justiciability and abstention, federal habeas corpus, and sovereign immunity. It treats the enemy combatant cases, and the aftermath of Boumediene, and recent Supreme Court decisions on such diverse issues as the legal foundation of the Ex parte Young action and the nationwide injunction, the sharp restriction of the Teague retroactivity doctrine, the curtailment of the Bivens action, the reaffirmation of suits for nominal damages, and the jurisdictional nuances of consumer class action litigation. Perhaps most importantly, the book provides students with a sense of the argumentative possibilities available to lawyers and jurists working within the federal courts’ tradition.


Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: Concise Hornbook Series
Publication Date: 10/11/2021

James E. Pfander, Northwestern University School of Law

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The new edition contains new and more detailed treatments of the following subjects:

  • The case-or-controversy requirement of Article III
  • Uncontested adjudication in Article III courts
  • The issues posed by nationwide injunctions
  • The political question doctrine
  • The domestic relations and probate exceptions to Article III
  • The rules governing standing and pick-off settlement strategies in “no-injury” class actions
  • State standing
  • The public rights doctrine
  • The decline of the Bivens doctrine
  • The restriction of habeas review

It also provides new or more complete treatment of the following Supreme Court cases, among others:
  • TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, 141 S. Ct. 2190 (2021)
  • Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski, 141 S. Ct. 792 (2021)
  • Ziglar v. Abbasi, 137 S. Ct. 1843 (2017)
  • Hernandez v. Mesa, 140 S. Ct. 735 (2020)
  • DHS v. Thuraissigiam, 140 S. Ct. 1959 (2020)
  • Edwards v. Vannoy, 141 S. Ct. 1547 (2021)
  • Rucho v. Common Cause, 139 S. Ct. 2484 (2019)
  • June Medical Servs. LLC v. Russo, 140 S. Ct. 2103 (2020)

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