Legal Research Guides by Course - Federal Courts and the Federal System

Course Description

American federalism looked at through the prism of the distribution of jurisdiction between Federal and State Courts; examination is also made of advantages and disadvantages of the choice of a federal forum over a state forum and vice-versa. (3 credits)

Faculty Who Teach This Course

• Bruce Ledewitz (Professor of Law)
• Alfred S. Pelaez (Professor of Law)

Subject Covered Presently in Collection by

Print Collection

KF8810-KF9086   Civil Procedure

Legal Research Databases

• Lexis
• Westlaw
• CALI 
• HeinOnline
• Legal Scholarship Network
• Making of Modern Law

DCLI Webpage Links       

• Primary Legal Research: Case Law, Statutory Law, Administrative Law (contains quick links to our federal and state statutes, our federal and state administrative codes, and federal and state case law)
• Legal Research Guides:  Civil Procedure

Course Listed Under the following Law School Areas of Interest

• Constitutional Law
• Criminal Law
• Labor and Employment Law
• Litigation

by Patricia Horvath
12/3/2012