Product Review
A student treatise, by one of the nation's leading authorities in Federal Jurisdiction, intended for use alongside any federal jurisdiction casebook. Features:
- Comprehensive coverage, with clear descriptions and analyses of the doctrines and policies that determine the jurisdiction of the federal courts
- Chemerinsky's straightforward approach, in which he clearly states the current law; identifies unresolved issues; and examines underlying, competing policy considerations
- An even-handed treatment of the material, with multiple viewpoints presented
- Has been used as the required text in lieu of a traditional casebook, with professors bringing in their own cases
- Updates to include discussions of important developments that occurred after the current edition was published in 2007, among them:
- Military Commissions Act and Boumediene v. Bush
- Medellin v. Texas
- Massachusetts v. EPA, Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation, Sprint Communications v. APPC Services, and DaimlerChrysler v. Cuno
- MedImmune v. Genentech
- Habeas corpus developments
- Ashcroft v. Iqbal
- Stoneridge Investment Partner v. Scientific-Atlanta (implied rights of action)
