The Yale Law Journal

John C. Jeffries

Essay

Disaggregating Constitutional Torts

John C. Jeffries & Jr.

110 Yale L.J. 259 (2000)

This Essay has attempted to clarify and reconceptualize constitutional tort law. Current doctrine severs remedies from rights and authorizes money damages on terms that apply indifferently to all constitutional violations. This remedial uniformity is faithful to the Monroe mo…