The Judicial Power of the United States: The Eleventh Amendment in American History

The Judicial Power of the United States: The Eleventh Amendment in American History
ISBN-10
0195040996
ISBN-13
9780195040999
Category
Religion
Pages
231
Language
English
Published
1987
Publisher
Oxford University Press on Demand
Author
John V. Orth

Description

This book reconstructs the fascinating but obscure history of the Eleventh Amendment to the US Constitution, which limits the exercise of US judicial power when American states are sued. Its modern meaning was largely shaped around cases concerning the liability of Southern states to pay their debts during and after Reconstruction: by shielding states from liability, the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Eleventh Amendment eased the establishment of post-Reconstruction Southern society and left a maddeningly complicated law of federal jurisdiction.

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