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Disqualifying Qualified Immunity, Nicholas Mcgill Hudnell
Disqualifying Qualified Immunity, Nicholas Mcgill Hudnell
Et Cetera
The relationship between municipal responsibility and municipal liability in civil suits concerning local police officer misconduct is flawed. Cities have almost unlimited control over their police departments but lack almost any control over the civil litigation of their officers, aside from city attorneys representing them. In police misconduct cases, city attorneys representing police officers are required to invoke any available affirmative defenses, either common law or statutory, regardless of the moral convictions of the city attorneys, city legislators, or local citizens. To bridge the logical gap between municipal responsibility and the lack of municipal control over police misconduct litigation, this …
The Use Of Comparative Law In Teaching American Civil Procedure, Sidney B. Jacoby
The Use Of Comparative Law In Teaching American Civil Procedure, Sidney B. Jacoby
Cleveland State Law Review
The use of comparative law can enhance the teaching of American civil procedure, especially by a comparison of foreign form book material with American forms. In this way, with some basic knowledge of comparative civil procedure, the student will better appreciate our own concepts and will also understand some fundamental principles of the civil procedure of civil law countries when he is confronted with them in private practice