Federal jurisdiction / Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law, Raymond Pryke Professor of First Amendment Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law.

Introduction : historical background and contemporary themes
Constitutional and statutory limits on federal court jurisdiction. Justiciability : constitutional and prudential limits on federal judicial power
Congressional control of federal and state court jurisdiction
Congressional power to create legislative courts
The subject matter jurisdiction of the federal courts
Federal common law
Federal court relief against governments and government officers. Suits against state governments : the Eleventh Amendment and sovereign immunity
Federal court relief against local governments and state and local government officers : 42 U.S.C. Section 1983
Federal court relief against federal officers and the federal government
Federal court review of state court judgments and proceedings. U.S. Supreme Court review
Statutory control of the relationship between federal courts and the states
Federal court abstention because of unclear state law
Federal court abstention to avoid review of state court judgments or interference with pending state proceedings
Abstention to avoid duplicative litigation
Federal court collateral review of criminal convictions : Habeas Corpus.