Federal Civil Rights Litigation Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983 as a Correlate of Police Crime
The Civil Rights Act of 1871 (codified at 42 U.S.C. §1983 and commonly referred to as Section 1983) provides a civil remedy for aggrieved persons to sue state actors who under the color of law violate federally protected rights. Since the 1960s, there has been an explosion of Section 1983 litigation...
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| Language: | English |
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2019
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Criminal justice policy review
Year: 2019, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 223-253 |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) |
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