Includes index.

Introduction -- Monroe and the modern 1983 action -- Parratt and the scope of due process -- Excessive force, private violence, and 1983 -- Enforcing rights under federal "laws" through 1983 -- Municipal liability -- State sovereign immunity -- Personal immunities -- Damages and 1983 -- Injunctions and declaratory relief -- Attorney's fees -- Choice of law and 1983 -- Section 1983 in the state courts -- Preclusion and 1983 -- Abstention and related doctrines -- Habeas Corpus and prisoner litigation -- Bivens and federal officer liability -- Jurisdiction and procedure.

Monroe and the modern [sec.] 1983 action Parratt and the scope of due process Excessive force, private violence, and [sec.] 1983 Enforcing rights under federal "laws" through [sec.] 1983 Municipal liability State sovereign immunity Personal immunities Damages and [sec.] 1983 Injunctions and declaratory relief

Attorney's fees Choice of law and [sec.] 1983 Section 1983 in the state courts Preclusion and [sec.] 1983 Abstention and related doctrines Habeas corpus and prisoner litigation Bivens and federal officer liability Jurisdiction and procedure.