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Title: Pleading Sovereign Immunity: The Doctrinal Underpinnings of Hans V. Louisiana and Ex Parte Young.
Author : Stanford Law School
Release Date : January 01, 2009
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 386 KB

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INTRODUCTION The Eleventh Amendment states plainly: "The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State." (1) Despite decades of vociferous debate, (2) this seemingly docile text has eluded even the most valiant efforts to produce scholarly consensus. (3)