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Aspen Treatise for Federal Jurisdiction, Ninth Edition

Authors
  • Erwin Chemerinsky
Series / Aspen Treatise Series
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Table of contents
Preface
The Ninth Edition of Federal Jurisdiction continues to be an accessible and thorough exposition of the laws, issues, and policies that determine the jurisdiction of federal courts. Luminary author Erwin Chemerinsky unpacks the black letter law and underlying policy issues of his subject with the clarity and penetrating insight for which he is renowned. Students can rely on this text to inform and enrich their understanding of the cases and materials covered in this course.

New to the 9th Edition:
  • Important decisions concerning justiciability, such as TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez on standing under federal statutes
  • Significant decisions with regard to the use of non-Article III courts, such as Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy
  • Trump v. United States on presidential immunity from criminal prosecutions
  • New limits on Bivens suits
Professors and students will benefit from:
  • Thorough updating of every aspect of the book
  • Comprehensive coverage that includes historical background, contemporary themes, and a lucid three-part organization of topics
  • Illuminating descriptions and analyses of doctrine and policy
  • Readable prose that explains current law, identifies unresolved issues, and examines competing policy considerations
  • An even-handed treatment that considers multiple perspectives
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Table of Contents
Summary of Contents

Contents 
Preface
Acknowledgments 


CHAPTER 1 Introduction: Historical Background and
Contemporary Themes 
PART I Constitutional and Statutory Limits on Federal
Court Jurisdiction 
CHAPTER 2 Justiciability: Constitutional and Prudential Limits on
Federal Judicial Power 
CHAPTER 3 Congressional Control of Federal and State Court
Jurisdiction 
CHAPTER 4 Congressional Power to Create Legislative Courts 
CHAPTER 5 The Subject Matter Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts 
CHAPTER 6 Federal Common Law 
PART II Federal Court Relief Against Governments and
Government Officers 
CHAPTER 7 Suits Against State Governments: The Eleventh
Amendment and Sovereign Immunity 
CHAPTER 8 Federal Court Relief Against Local Governments and
State and Local Government Officers: 42 U.S.C. §1983 
CHAPTER 9 Federal Court Relief Against Federal Officers and the
Federal Government 
PART III Federal Court Review of State Court Judgments
and Proceedings 
CHAPTER 10 U.S. Supreme Court Review 
CHAPTER 11 Statutory Control of the Relationship Between
Federal Courts and the States 
CHAPTER 12 Federal Court Abstention Because of Unclear State Law 
CHAPTER 13 Federal Court Abstention to Avoid Review of State
Court Judgments or Interference with Pending State
Proceedings 
CHAPTER 14 Abstention to Avoid Duplicative Litigation 
CHAPTER 15 Federal Court Collateral Review of Criminal Convictions:
Habeas Corpus 
Appendix A The Constitution of the United States of America 
Appendix B Selected Federal Statutes 

Table of Cases 
Index 
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About the authors
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean
Berkeley Law School

Erwin Chemerinsky became the 13th Dean of Berkeley Law on July 1, 2017, when he joined the faculty as the Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law. Prior to assuming this position, from 2008-2017, he was the founding Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law, and Raymond Pryke Professor of First Amendment Law, at University of California, Irvine School of Law. Before that, he was the Alston and Bird Professor of Law and Political Science at Duke University from 2004-2008, and from 1983-2004 was a professor at the University of Southern California Law School, including as the Sydney M. Irmas Professor of Public Interest Law, Legal Ethics, and Political Science. From 1980-1983, he was an assistant professor at DePaul College of Law.

He is the author of twenty books, including leading casebooks and treatises about constitutional law, criminal procedure, and federal jurisdiction. His most recent books are Worse than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism (September 2022) and Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights (2021). He is also the author of more than 200 law review articles.

He is a contributing writer for the Opinion section of the Los Angeles Times and writes regular columns for the Sacramento Bee, the ABA Journal, and the Daily Journal, and frequent op-eds in newspapers across the country. He frequently argues appellate cases, including in the United States Supreme Court.

In 2016, he was named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2024, National Jurist magazine again named Dean Chemerinsky as the most influential person in legal education in the United States. In 2022, he was the President of the Association of American Law Schools.

He received his B.S. at Northwestern University and his J.D. at Harvard Law School.

Product Information
Edition
Ninth Edition
Publication date
2025-06-06
Copyright Year
2025
Pages
1120
Paperback
9798892075343
Connected eBook (Digital Only)
9798892075350
Subject
Federal Courts and Federal Jurisdiction , Constitutional Law
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