Excerpt from Jurisdiction and Practice of Federal Courts: A Handbook for Practitioners and Students I am perfectly aware of the fact that no law-book can ever hope to realize the high aim set by Thucydides before his histories - to be a possession forever; and least of all a book upon this subject. Nevertheless, I am persuaded that, for the main purpose intended, the book has at least temporary and even permanent value: that purpose being to set briefly before the ordinary practitioner (and the student) a clear conspectus of Jurisdiction, together with the most important points of Practice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.