The law of democracy : legal structure of the political process /
Issacharoff, Samuel,
The law of democracy : legal structure of the political process / Samuel Issacharoff, Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University School of Law; Pamela S. Karlan, Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interst Law, Stanford Law School; Richard H. Pildes, Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University School of Law; Nathaniel Persily, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law, Stanford Law School; Franita Tolson, George T. and Harriet E. Pfleger Professor of Law, University of Southern California Gould School of Law. - Sixth edition. - xli, 1283 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. - University casebook series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An introduction to the design of democratic institutions -- The right to participate -- The reapportionment revolution -- The role of political parties -- Money and politics -- Vote dilution : constitutional approaches -- The voting rights act -- Partisanship, race, and representation : the search for limits -- Direct democracy -- Remedial possibilities for defective elections -- Alternative democratic structures.
9781684677900
2022418242
Democracy--United States.
Representative government and representation--United States.
Election law--United States.
United States--Politics and government.
KF 4880 / .I85 2022
The law of democracy : legal structure of the political process / Samuel Issacharoff, Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University School of Law; Pamela S. Karlan, Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interst Law, Stanford Law School; Richard H. Pildes, Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University School of Law; Nathaniel Persily, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law, Stanford Law School; Franita Tolson, George T. and Harriet E. Pfleger Professor of Law, University of Southern California Gould School of Law. - Sixth edition. - xli, 1283 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. - University casebook series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An introduction to the design of democratic institutions -- The right to participate -- The reapportionment revolution -- The role of political parties -- Money and politics -- Vote dilution : constitutional approaches -- The voting rights act -- Partisanship, race, and representation : the search for limits -- Direct democracy -- Remedial possibilities for defective elections -- Alternative democratic structures.
9781684677900
2022418242
Democracy--United States.
Representative government and representation--United States.
Election law--United States.
United States--Politics and government.
KF 4880 / .I85 2022