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2015

Stewart J Schwab

Section 1983 litigation

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What Shapes Perceptions Of The Federal Court System?, Theodore Eisenberg, Stewart J. Schwab Feb 2015

What Shapes Perceptions Of The Federal Court System?, Theodore Eisenberg, Stewart J. Schwab

Stewart J Schwab

Two hundred years is a long time. It is too long after formation of a court system to ask such basic questions as (1) what cases occupy the system, and (2) whether even informed professionals have a reasonable picture of what goes on within the system. Nonetheless, continuing debate about the volume and makeup of litigation in general and of federal court litigation in particular requires legal scholars to address these questions. Professor Marc Galanter's work on the litigation explosion questions central assumptions about the nature and growth of the federal docket. Our prior work undermines widely held views about …


The Reality Of Constitutional Tort Litigation, Theodore Eisenberg, Stewart J. Schwab Feb 2015

The Reality Of Constitutional Tort Litigation, Theodore Eisenberg, Stewart J. Schwab

Stewart J Schwab

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