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FEDERAL COURTS (PRMD7203)
3 credits. Lecture.
Prerequisites: Constitutional Law or Constitutional Law I and
II.
This course studies selected problems involving federal courts,
including: the constitutional basis of federal jurisdiction; the
judicial role in the separation of powers doctrine; the
jurisdictions of the Supreme Court; the federal courts of appeals
and the federal district courts; supplemental jurisdiction;
conflicts and tensions between federal and state courts; and
"Our Federalism" and other aspects of federal court
abstention.
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