Rosalie Berger Levinson, Ivan E. Bodensteiner

Gebundenes Buch

Civil Rights Legislation and Litigation

Beschreibung

The goal of this book is to provide law students with an understanding of the major federal civil rights statutes. We begin with the Reconstruction Era laws, passed shortly after the Civil War, that remain an important part of the civil rights landscape even after Congress enacted additional statutes, beginning with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The materials include Titles II and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Equal Pay Act, as well as three federal funding statutes that prohibit discrimination - the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Some of the statutes overlap and we explore the advantages and disadvantages of each, looking at the enforcement options, remedies, including damages and attorney fees, defenses, and limitations on the power of Congress to pass such acts. More than thirty problems provide the students with an opportunity to apply the statutes they study. The authors, Rosalie Berger Levinson and Ivan E. Bodensteiner, have taught a civil rights course, as well as Constitutional Law, for many years and have several years of experience litigating civil rights claims. They are the authors of a four-volume civil rights treatise, which is supplemented annually.

Autor

Rosalie Berger Levinson is a Senior Research Professor at Valparaiso University Law School. Prior to 2016, she was the Phyllis & Richard Duesenberg Professor of Law at the school. Beginning in 1974, she taught courses in Constitutional Law, Federal Practice, and Civil Rights. She continues to teach these courses as an adjunct professor. For two years, 2000-2002, she also served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. In 1987, Professor Levinson co-authored with Professor Bodensteiner a five-volume treatise on civil rights entitled State and Local Government: Civil Rights Liability, which is updated annually by the West Group/Thomson Reuters. She has also published numerous articles on civil rights. She previously worked as a staff attorney for a public interest organization and has been involved in substantial litigation. She has been a frequent lecturer for continuing legal education programs, including those sponsored by the Federal Judicial Center for federal judges, the Defense Research Institute, and the Practising Law Institute. She has, in addition, team-taught courses with Justices Scalia, Ginsburg, and Thomas in conjunction with the law school's summer program in England.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vandeplas Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 752
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 44mm
• Gewicht: 1584g
• ISBN-13: 9781600420672
• ISBN-10: 1600420672
• Artikelnr.: 26120246