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Federal Courts and the Federal System
LAW 2086

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Description

Prerequisite: 1L Constitutional Law or Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers, Federalism, and Fourteenth Amendment. For LLM students, instructor permission is required to enroll in this course.

Exam Type: In Class

This course studies the role of the federal courts in the federal system. Topics include the case or controversy requirement and justiciability, congressional authority to regulate the jurisdiction of the federal courts, Supreme Court review of state court judgments, federal common law, sovereign and official immunity doctrines, and federal habeas corpus.

School Harvard Law School
Credits 4
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Department Law School
Course Component Lecture
Subject Law
Grading Basis HLS Graded
Course Requirements LAW 2086 Requirement