did-you-know? rent-now

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

did-you-know? rent-now

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

We're the #1 textbook rental company. Let us show you why.

9781566627665

Civil Rights Actions : Enforcing the Constitution

by ; ; ;
  • ISBN13:

    9781566627665

  • ISBN10:

    1566627664

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-01-01
  • Publisher: West Academic

Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.

Purchase Benefits

  • Free Shipping Icon Free Shipping On Orders Over $35!
    Your order must be $35 or more to qualify for free economy shipping. Bulk sales, PO's, Marketplace items, eBooks and apparel do not qualify for this offer.
  • eCampus.com Logo Get Rewarded for Ordering Your Textbooks! Enroll Now
  • Write a Review Icon Write a Review
List Price: $121.00 Save up to $36.30
  • Rent Book $84.70
    Add to Cart Free Shipping Icon Free Shipping

    TERM
    PRICE
    DUE
    USUALLY SHIPS IN 3-5 BUSINESS DAYS
    *This item is part of an exclusive publisher rental program and requires an additional convenience fee. This fee will be reflected in the shopping cart.

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

Summary

This casebook provides detailed information on civil rights actions. The casebook provides the tools for fast, easy, on-point research. Part of the University Casebook Series®, it includes selected cases designed to illustrate the development of a body of law on a particular subject. Text and explanatory materials designed for law study accompany the cases.

Table of Contents

Preface iii
Table of Cases
xix
Table of Secondary Authorities
xxxiii
Introduction State Sovereign Immunity and the Eleventh Amendment 1(25)
42 U.S.C. § 1983
26(309)
``Under Color of'' Law
26(17)
The Eleventh Amendment and § 1983
43(7)
Official Immunity
50(84)
Absolute Immunity
50(30)
Qualified Immunity
80(54)
Governmental Liability
134(82)
For What Wrongs?
216(80)
Constitutional Rights Enforceable Under § 1983
216(24)
The Role of State Law
240(30)
Non-Constitutional Rights Enforceable Under § 1983
270(26)
Damages
296(39)
Attorney's Fees
335(69)
Determining Fee Awards
335(26)
Risk Enhancement
361(12)
Attorney's Fees and Settlement Negotiations
373(31)
Administration of the Civil Rights Acts: Intersections of State and Federal Law
404(121)
1983, Habeas Corpus, and Res Judicata
404(51)
Statutes of Limitations
455(12)
Notice-of-Claim Statutes
467(16)
Right to a Jury Trial
483(9)
Release-Dismissal Agreements
492(19)
Remedying ``Deficiencies'' in Federal Law
511(14)
Additional Reconstruction Legislation
525(114)
42 U.S.C. § 1982
525(22)
42 U.S.C. § 1981
547(65)
42 U.S.C. § 1985(3)
612(27)
Modern Civil Rights Legislation: Laws Against Sex Discrimination
639(106)
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
641(57)
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
698(47)
Structural Reform Litigation
745(6)
School Desegregation
751(65)
Enforcing Desegregation Decrees
816(11)
Prisons
827(30)
Standing
857
Appendix A. The Constitution of the United States of America A-1
Appendix B. Selected Federal Statutes B-1

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

Rewards Program