Cargando…

The Supreme Court and Election Law : Judging Equality from Baker v. Carr to Bush v. Gore.

In the first comprehensive study of election law since the Supreme Court decided Bush v. Gore, Richard L. Hasen rethinks the Court's role in regulating elections. Drawing on the case files of the Warren, Burger, and Rehnquist courts, Hasen roots the Court's intervention in political proces...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hasen, Richard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2006.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Mighty Platonic Guardians; 1 The Supreme Court of Political Equality: What are Political Equality Cases?; 2 Judicial Unmanageability and Political Equality: A Misplaced Focus on "Judicially Manageable" Standards; 3 Protecting the Core of Political Equality: Core versus Contested Equality Principles; 4 Deferring to Political Branches on Contested Equality Claims: Who Decides the Validity of ContestedPolitical Equality Measures and Why?; 5 Equality, Not Structure: The End of Individual Rights?
  • Conclusion: Political Equality and a Minimalist CourtAppendix 1: Twentieth-Century Election Law Cases Decidedby the Supreme Court in a Written Opinion; Appendix 2: Justice Goldberg's Proposed Dissent to aPer Curiam Summary Affirmance inHarper v. Virginia State Board of Elect; Notes; Index; About the Author.