• The Development of the Federal Courts - National Supremacy and Slavery, Government and the Economy, Government and Political Liberty, The Revival of State Sovereignty
• The Structure of the Federal Courts - Selecting Judges
• The Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts
• Getting to Court - Fee Shifting, Standing, Class-Action Suits
• The Supreme Court in Action
• The Power of the Federal Courts - The Power to Make Policy, Views of Judicial Activism, Legislation and the Courts
• Checks on Judicial Power - Congress and the Courts, Public Opinion and the Courts

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