Remedies

Catalog description

Examination of the principles governing the use of judicial remedies such as damages, injunctions, and declaratory judgments, in a variety of public and private law settings. Consideration of the goals of remedies doctrines and the relationship of the doctrines to other facets of the legal system. Topics include recent developments in remedies law concerning such areas as school desegregation, consent decrees in civil rights suits, and punitive damages, which highlight the tensions underlying remedies principles.