Civil Rights & Strategy Series -- Section 1983 Litigation

Section 1983 Litigation takes the mystery out of civil rights actions and makes section 1983 accessible to practicing lawyers.
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Civil Rights & Strategy Series -- Section 1983 Litigation focuses on 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and its use as the primary civil tool for developing constitutional law against state and local governmental entities. It includes the basic building blocks used to construct constitutional challenges against state and local governments, as well as their officials, and the defenses employed to defeat constitutional challenges. It focuses on proper plaintiffs as well as the proper defendants and includes the elements of the § 1983 cause of action and the defenses commonly raised to § 1983 claims. These defenses include qualified and absolute immunities, as well as the Eleventh Amendment and various abstention doctrines. The book also includes succinct discussions of Article III standing doctrine, recoverable damages, statutes of limitations, and jury trials, as well as the necessary discussions of procedural rules and statutory limitations and extensions of these problems, and concludes with a thorough discussion of recoverable attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b).

The 2022 edition ISBN is 9781663321619.

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Table of contents

Table of Contents 

Preface

Dedication

About the Author

CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Section 1983

CHAPTER 2 Sovereign Immunity

CHAPTER 3 Individual Capacity Actions

CHAPTER 4 Local Liability

CHAPTER 5 Jurisdiction and Procedure

CHAPTER 6 Remedies

CHAPTER 7 Multiple Proceedings and Splitting Claims

CHAPTER 8 Attorney’s Fees