Civil rights legislation
Subtitle: case and materials
By: Theodore Eisenberg, Henry Allen Mark Professor of Law, Adjunct Professor of Statistical Science, Cornell University; Ann M. Eisenberg, Staff Attorney, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Contributors: Eisenberg, Ann M., author
Edition: Sixth edition.
Publisher: LexisNexis
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New Providence, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1408
ISBN-13: 9781630440053; 9781630440077
Subjects: Civil rights; State action (Civil rights)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and background; title: The Section 1983 cause of action; title: Defenses and immunities of individuals; title: Defenses and immunities of governmental entities; title: Relationships between state and federal courts in civil rights actions; title: Remedies for violations of constitutional rights; title: Additional statutory remedies for violations of constitutional rights; title: Provisions pertaining to housing and contractual relations; title: Discrimination in employment : Title VII and the ADEA; title: Employment discrimination : remedies and procedure; title: Discrimination in federally assisted programs; title: Federal laws protecting the handicapped.