Cases Without Controversies

James Pfander, author of dozens of articles and books, has served as the Owen L. Coon Professor of Law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law for more than a decade. Pfander's scholarship explores the nature of federal judicial power, the law of government accountability in modern America, and the history of the federal judicial system. A member of the American Law Institute, Pfander recently concluded his work as reporter/consultant to the Federal-State Jurisdiction Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States. He has served as chair of both the federal courts and civil procedure sections of the Association of American Law Schools.

Foreword
Introduction

Part One: Thesis: Uncontested Adjudication in the Federal Courts

1. Chapter One: The Origins of Uncontested Adjudication
2. Chapter Two: Uncontested Proceedings on Federal Dockets in the Early Republic
3. Chapter Three: Probate and Domestic Relations Proceedings
4. Chapter Four: The Nineteenth-Century Perspective on Federal Judicial Power

Part Two: Antithesis: The Progressive Restatement of an Emerging Case-or-Controversy Requirement

5. Chapter Five: The Judicial Response to the Administrative State
6. Chapter Six: The Progressive Response to Lochner: Limiting Justiciability
7. Chapter Seven: The New Adverse-Party Rule Confronts Judicial Practice

Part Three: Synthesis: Cases, Controversies, and Litigable Interests

8. Chapter Eight: Uncontested Adjudication and the Modern Case-or-Controversy Rule
9. Chapter Nine: Evaluating Defenses of a Requirement of Adverse Interests
10. Chapter Ten: Uncontested Adjudication and Standing to Sue
11. Chapter Eleven: A Practical Guide to Uncontested Adjudication
12. Chapter Twelve: Toward a Constructive Constitutional History

Part Four: Conclusion