Election law and democratic theory : David Schultz, Hamline University and University of Minnesota Law School, USA.

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Title:

Author:

Schultz, David A. (David Andrew), 1958- author.

ISBN:

9780754675433

Personal Author:

Schultz, David A. (David Andrew), 1958- author.

Physical Description:

vii, 286 pages ; 24 cm.

Series:

Election law, politics, and theory

Election law, politics, and theory.

Contents:

Introduction : why theory? -- Theory : the missing piece in election law scholarship and adjudication -- Democratic theory and American politics -- Voting rights -- Minority rights and the failure of direct democracy -- Representation and reapportionment -- Political parties -- Money, politics, and campaign financing -- Conclusion : toward a democratic theory of election law.

Subject Term:

Election law -- United States.

Democracy -- United States -- Philosophy.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Politics and government.

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Summary

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.