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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hasen, Richard L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 process cases to the landmark 1962 case, Baker v. Carr. The case opened the courts to a variety of election law disputes, to the point that the courts now control and direct major aspects of the American electoral process. The Supreme Court does have a crucial role to play in protecting a socially constructed "cor.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 227 .)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1417568569
9781417568567
0814736599
9780814736593
0814773338
9780814773338
0814744532
9780814744536