Judicial Jurisdiction: A Reference Guide to the United States Constitution (Reference Guides to the United States Constitution)

One of the ways in which the American constitution is unique among the world's mature democracies is the vesting of the power of constitutional review in the ordinary courts rather than in a specialized constitutional body. Baude uses frank, understandable language to explain the relationship between the constition and our rule of law. Without technical jurisdictional jargon, Baude is able to survey historical cases to analyze Article III, section 2 of the United States Constitution. However, Baude's work is vastly different from analytical works based on philosophical and technicalities of judicial jurisdiction. This work explores the relationship between the two, without drawing on the covert ideological premises of legal liberalism. Contents......Page 8 SERIES FOREWORD by Jack Stark......Page 10 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 14 INTRODUCTION......Page 16 The Colonial System......Page 18 The Constitutional Convention......Page 19 Ratification Debates in the State Conventions......Page 23 The First Congress......Page 24 Marbury v. Madison and the Judicial Power......Page 25 Defining “Citizens of Different States”: Strawbridge v. Curtiss......Page 27 Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee and Appellate Jurisdiction over State Courts......Page 28 Osborn v. Bank of the United States: The Beginning of Federal Questions in Federal Trial Courts......Page 30 Swift v. Tyson and the Federal Common Law......Page 32 Ex parte McCardle and Stripping the Federal Courts’ Jurisdiction......Page 34 Murdock v. City of Memphis and the Independence of State Law......Page 35 Frank v. Mangum and the Great Writ......Page 38 Erie Railroad v. Tompkins and the Failure of the Federal Common Law......Page 40 Fay v. Noia and the Modern Scope of Habeas Corpus......Page 42 Younger v. Harris and Federal Court Injunctions against State Trials......Page 45 Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics: The Constitution as Sword Rather Than Shield......Page 46 Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. and Judges Outside Article III......Page 47 Michigan v. Long and Adequate State Grounds......Page 51 Webster v. Doe: Are Courts Essential to Due Process?......Page 53 Notes......Page 55 Taking Jurisdiction Which Is Given......Page 58 Questions of Federal Law......Page 64 Protective Jurisdiction......Page 66 Standing......Page 74 Collateral State Law Issues......Page 79 Adequate State Grounds......Page 82 Habeas Corpus......Page 85 Federal Civil Rights Suit......Page 92 The Policy Debate......Page 95 Diversity Doctrine......Page 97 In Diversity Cases......Page 102 In Federal Question Cases......Page 108 Cases Arising under the Constitution......Page 112 Implied Statutory Causes of Action......Page 115 Courts outside Article III......Page 118 Imagining the Future of Article III, Section 2......Page 125 Notes......Page 126 BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY......Page 136 TABLE OF CASES......Page 144 INDEX......Page 150