This casebook is the first to discuss the 1996 legislation limiting habeas corpus & death-row appeals & the Supreme Court's decision interpreting this legislation. This is also the first casebook to discuss the Supreme Court's new view of the Eleventh Amendment & of Congress' power to waive a state's sovereign immunity. Thee authors discuss the latest cases interpreting Article III's case & controversy requirements as a limit on access to the federal courts. Further, this text treats the evolving role of the federal courts in limiting actions of state governments & state officials. It also provides substantial discussion of issues of federal venue, transfer & law applied in diversity & alienage cases, because of the continued importance of these areas & in recognition that these subjects more & more are being given short shift in curtailed civil procedure courses in the first year. Teacher's Manual 1999 Cumulative Supplement Casebook also available electronically.