Written by the author of the best-selling Examples & Explanations study guide for Civil Procedure, Examples & Explanations: The Law of Torts, Fourth Edition, presents a succinct overview of Torts with Joseph W...

This title is the winner of the APSA Law and Courts Section's Teaching and Mentoring Award! Meeting the needs of professors who teach one-term courses - or for those teaching two terms who wish to assign other readings - this condensed and concise one-volume text spans the breadth of institutional powers and civil rights and liberties...

Coverage includes the statute's modern revival in Monroe v. Pape, municipal liability, individual officer and sovereign immunity, excessive force litigation, choice of law, state and federal court jurisdiction, remedies, and attorney's fees, There are also chapters on federal officer liability and the relationship between habeas corpus and section 1983...