Qualified Immunity and Constitutional Structure

Constitutional and non-specific immunity to infection.

Most immunologists focus on elaborate non-specific and antigen-specific factors of reactive immunity produced by the vertebrate lymphoid system. Modern principles of immunogenic prophylaxis and therapy are based solely on the use of these agents. There is, however, a more effective system of specific resistance which is shared by all forms of life: hereditary constitutional immunity to infectio...

Death at a Young Age: Custodial Suicide and Qualified Immunity

I have written a good deal about Coleman v. Wilson, 912 F.Supp 1282 (E.D. Cal. 1995)(the original decision) in my Landmark Cases Appendix in Fred Cohen, The Mentally Disordered Inmate and the Law, App. B-104 (1998). If one reads enough correctional law decisions from California you would expect to be immune from shock, particularly after Plata v. Schwarzenegger, No. C01-1351 (February 14, 2006)...

Constitutional mass torts: sovereign immunity and the human radiation experiments.

The Structure of Constitutional Pluralism

The Structure of Constitutional Amendment Rules