Title: Civil rights and constitutional litigation :
Authors: Abernathy, Charles F.,
Date: 2012
Publisher: Thomson/West,
Physical description: lii, 974 pages ; 26 cm +
Language: English
LC classification: K
Contents: Part One. The original civil rights statutes and constitutional litigation -- Section 1983 : state interference with civil rights -- Part Two. Semi-constitutional statutes : the power of congress to expand constitution-based rights -- Sections 1981 and 1982 : private racial discrimination and the Thirteenth Amendment -- Section 1985(3) : equal security, conspiracies, and dual constitutional sources -- Applying the older civil rights statutes to federal officials -- Part Three. Second reconstruction and beyond : the civil rights acts, 1964 to present -- Title II of the civil rights act of 1964 : public accommodations and congressional power under the commerce clause -- Title VI and its analogues : civil rights as a regulatory regime -- Title VII and its analogues : employment discrimination -- Voting rights act of 1965 : discrimination in voting.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Casebooks (Law); Civil rights--United States--Cases.; Constitutional law--United States--Cases.