Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-208) and index.
Summary: 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.

Subject: United States. Constitution. 11th Amendment.; États-Unis. Constitution. 11th amendment.; Constitution (United States); Judicial power > United States > History.; Jurisdiction > United States > History.; State bonds > Law and legislation > United States > History.; Pouvoir judiciaire > États-Unis > Histoire.; Juridiction > États-Unis > Histoire.; Obligations d'États fédérés > États-Unis.; Constitutions > Amendements > États-Unis.; POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.; LAW > Legal Services.; LAW > Civil Procedure.; Judicial power.; Jurisdiction.; State bonds > Law and legislation.; United States.; Wetgevende macht.; Staatsrecht.; Amendementen.; United States; Law courts; Judicial powers, to 1986

Publication date: 1987
ISBN: 9780195364859 (electronic bk.); 0195364856 (electronic bk.); 1280523158; 9781280523151; 0195040996 (Cloth); 9780195040999

The judicial power of the United States : the Eleventh Amendment in American history

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