Product Description: This book explores the inherent conflict between the philosophical concept of the rule of law on one hand and sovereign immunity as it exists in the United States today on the other. The volume begins by canvassing the development of sovereignty as a concept from Bodin in the sixteenth century through the Framers of the United States Constitution in the late eighteenth century...read more

Product Description: This law school casebook supplement to the casebook concentrates on judicial involvement in the two themes that make the federal courts more than just a hierarchal court system—federalism and separation of power.

This text reflects the authors' decided view that two power relationships are fundamental: the states versus the federal government—federalism—and the federal judiciary versus Congress—separation of powers (though many of these power struggles are played out in the context of disputes between the individual and government, a third type of power relationship.) The federal courts' primary role is to regulate these conflicts and that is what the authors want to make clear—that federal courts are special, not just another hierarchical court system.

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Product Description: In creating the Civil Procedure Anthology, the authors selected materials that, combined together, are designed to do several things. There are some background-overview materials, particularly on the nature of the adversary system and the development of the Federal Rules, to help students gain some perspective on civil procedure as a whole...read more