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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828482203321

Autore

Shortell Christopher <1975->

Titolo

Rights, remedies, and the impact of state sovereign immunity [[electronic resource] /] / Christopher Shortell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, NY, : State University of New York Press, c2008

ISBN

0-7914-7802-5

1-4356-5882-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in American constitutionalism

Disciplina

342.73/042

Soggetti

Federal government - United States

Government liability - United States - States

States' rights (American politics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-210) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Rights, Remedies,and the Impact of State Sovereign Immunity -- Contents -- Tables -- Preface -- 1. Understanding Immunity Beyond the Courts -- Part 1. Setting the Stage: Development of a Doctrine -- 2. The Doctrine of State Sovereign Immunity -- Part 2. Understanding the Impact:A Look Back -- 3. The Dawn of State Sovereign Immunity -- 4. Debt Repudiation and Backlashin the 1840s -- 5. Post-Civil War Debts and the Exercise of Immunity -- Part 3. Ghosts of Cases Past: State Sovereign Immunity Today -- 6. Sovereign Immunity in the Rehnquist and Roberts Eras -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- Cases Cited -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Sommario/riassunto

Engaging case studies on the impact of state sovereign immunity on both plaintiffs and states.