Reclaiming the Federal Courts

* Read ! Reclaiming the Federal Courts by Larry Yackle ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Reclaiming the Federal Courts A very ideologically liberal account, but very important The author, Larry Yackle, a professor of law at Boston University, is a passionate and articulate defender of liberal values such as expansive federal habeas corpus, easy access to federal courts, the relaxation of rules on standing (which governs who may assert a cause of action), and so on.The essential question here, which spans all of the topics he covers, is the proper role of federal courts, as compared to state courts. Federal cou

Author	:	Larry Yackle
Rating	:	4.33 (623 Votes)
Asin	:	0674750071
Format Type	:	paperback
Number of Pages	:	308 Pages
Publish Date	:	2014-11-06
Language	:	English

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Yackle is a Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law . Larry W

Reclaiming the Federal Courts should be a wake-up call, not only for liberals but for the nation. It also offers creative solutions for guaranteeing equal access to the federal courts to all individuals. (Nadine Strossen President, American Civil Liberties Union, and Professor of Law, New York Law School)Everyone interested in the fate of individual rights in this country should read Larry Yackle's superb book. Larry Yackle makes a compelling case that these 'door-closing' decisions are as damaging to human rights

A very ideologically liberal account, but very important The author, Larry Yackle, a professor of law at Boston University, is a passionate and articulate defender of liberal values such as expansive federal habeas corpus, easy access to federal courts, the relaxation of rules on "standing" (which governs who may assert a cause of action), and so on.The essential question here, which spans all of the topics he covers, is the proper role of federal courts, as compared to state courts. Federal courts exist to adjudi

The book concludes with concrete recommendations for congressional action to correct the subtle but significant injustice that Yackle so clearly and cogently exposes.. That may seem to be your right, but as Larry Yackle reveals in Reclaiming the Federal Courts, the guardians of that right don't see it that way. Here we see how the Rehnquist Court's restrictive rules deny citizens standing to sue in federal court, disclaim the federal courts' jurisdiction even when standing is conceded, channel cases away from the federal courts even when they have jurisdiction, and frustrate the right to petition the federal courts for a writ of habeas corpus--perhaps the most fundamental right of any citizen.Yackle's straightforward style makes his