LAW7398 (Federal Courts and the Federal System) course reviews and ratings at Northeastern (NEU). Compare professors with RateMyProfessor reviews.
Studies the distribution of power between the states and the federal government and between the federal courts and other branches of the federal government as manifested in jurisdictional rules of the federal courts. Covers the structure and operation of the U.S. federal courts and the structures and doctrines that control what the Constitution calls “the judicial power of the United States.” Emphasizes the procedures and remedies involved in federal court claims against government officials at the national, state, and local levels.
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