LAW 7116 - Constitutional Tort Litigation.

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisites: LAW 6000.
Description
This is an elective course. An examination of major civil rights statutes, with focus on 42 U.S.C. 1983, the relationship between 1983 and the Fourteenth Amendment, the defenses and immunities of individuals and governmental entities, the relationship between state and federal courts in civil rights actions, and the remedies for violations of constitutional rights.