LAW 6680 - Federal Courts

Institution:

University of Wyoming

Subject:

LAW

Description:

Every exercise of federal judicial power places a federal court in a position of possible conflict with another government actor. On the one hand, the federal court might trench on the Congress's constitutional lawmaking powers; on the other, it might usurp a function that could be performed by a state court. This course examines these two themes of separation of powers and federalism by scrutinizing the jurisdiction of the federal courts. The course covers justiciability doctrines (standing, ripeness, and mootness), congressional power to control federal court jurisdiction, constitutional and statutory parameters of federal question jurisdiction, federal common law, basic contours of litigation under 42 U.S.C. 1983, state sovereign immunity and the Eleventh Amendment, and the various abstention doctrines.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.uwyo.edu

Phone Number:

(307) 766-1121

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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