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    Sovereign immunity or the rule of law : the new federalism's choice / Donald L. Doernberg.

    • Title:Sovereign immunity or the rule of law : the new federalism's choice / Donald L. Doernberg.
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    • Author/Creator:Doernberg, Donald L., 1945-
    • Published/Created:Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, ©2005.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Federal government--United States.
      Government liability--United States.
      Rule of law--United States.
    • Description:xii, 254 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:1594600120
    • Contents:Ch. 1. Sovereignty
      A. Jean Bodin
      B. Thomas Hobbes
      C. Robert Filmer
      D. Samuel Pufendorf
      E. John Locke
      F. framers of the Constitution of the United States
      Ch. 2. Sovereign immunity
      A. English approach
      B. American approach
      Ch. 3. new federalism
      A. Withdrawal of federal judicial power : abstention
      B. Withdrawal of federal judicial power : the Eleventh Amendment
      C. Withdrawal of congressional power : the Fourteenth Amendment cases
      D. Withdrawal of congressional power : the commerce clause cases
      E. Withdrawal of congressional power : congress's inability to compel states to implement federal programs
      E. Conclusion
      Ch. 4. rule of law
      A. Introduction
      B. formalist view
      C. substantive view
      D. rule of law in Anglo-American constitutive documents
      E. rule of law in contemporary America
      Ch. 5. Irreconcilable differences.
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