Election Law and Democratic Theory

David Schultz (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

294 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-24872-4 (ISBN)

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While numerous books and articles examine various aspects either of democratic theory or of specific topics in election law, there is no comprehensive book that provides a detailed and scholarly discussion of the political and democratic theory underpinnings of election law. Election Law and Democratic Theory fills this important gap, as author David Schultz offers a scholarly analysis of the political principles and democratic values underlying election law and the regulation of political campaigns and participants in the United States. The book provides the first full-length examination of the political theories that form the basis for many of the current debates in election law that structure both Supreme Court and scholarly considerations of topics ranging from campaign finance reform, voting rights, reapportionment, and ballot access to the rights of political parties, the media, and other players in the system. It challenges much of the current debate in election law and argues for more discussion and development of a democratic political theory to support and guide election law jurisprudence.

David Schultz is a professor in the Hamline University Department of Political Science, where he teaches classes in public administration and state and local government. He also holds an appointment at the University of Minnesota Law School, where he teaches election law, state constitutional law, and legal ethics.

Acknowledgments; Introduction: Why Theory?; Chapter 1 Theory: The Missing Piece in Election Law Scholarship and Adjudication; Chapter 2 Democratic Theory and American Politics; Chapter 3 Voting Rights; Chapter 4 Minority Rights and the Failure of Direct Democracy; Chapter 5 Representation and Reapportionment; Chapter 6 Political Parties; Chapter 7 Money, Politics, and Campaign Financing; Conclusion: Toward a Democratic Theory of Election Law;

Erscheinungsdatum	07.09.2016
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	540 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-138-24872-X / 113824872X
ISBN-13	978-1-138-24872-4 / 9781138248724
Zustand	Neuware