First Amendment civil liability against law enforcement supervisors for violating their subordinates' rights to engage in overt political expression

Policing

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 270-291

  Vaughn, Michael S ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Law; Police; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010931878     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639519710169135     Document Type: Article

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