Constitutional torts
By: Sheldon H. Nahmod, Distinguished Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law; Michael L. Wells, Marion and W. Colquitt Carter, Chair in Tort and Insurance Law, University of Georgia School of Law; Thomas A. Eaton, J. Alton Hosch Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of Law; Fred Smith, Assistant Professor of Law, University of California Berkeley School of Law
Contributors: Wells, Michael L., author; Eaton, Thomas A., 1950- author; Smith, Fred (Assistant professor of law), author
Edition: Fourth edition.
Publisher: LexisNexis
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New Providence, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 777
ISBN-13: 9781632815507; 9781632816009; 9781632815514
Subjects: State action (Civil rights); Constitutional torts
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Constitutional torts : a first look; title: "Under color of" state law; title: "Secured by the constitution and laws"; title: "Secured by the constitution and laws" affirmative constitutional duties and rights secured by federal laws; title: "Every person" : governmental liability; title: "[S]ubjects or causes : to be subjected ... ": causation; title: "Every person" : absolute immunity; title: "Every person" : qualified immunity; title: "Shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity or other proper proceeding for redress" : constitutional tort remedies; title: Procedural defenses; title: Litigating section 1983 claims in state courts; title: Attorney's fees.