The legal structure of the political process Issacharoff, Samuel creator Karlan, Pamela S. Pildes, Richard H. Persily, Nathaniel text bibliography Casebooks (Law) Trials, litigation, etc. Casebooks (Law) mnu 2016 Fifth edition. monographic eng

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xxxix, 1349 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. 103 pages ; 28 cm. 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 -- Documentary appendix. The United States Constitution -- The Electoral Count Act -- The Voting Rights Act of 1965. 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 Interest 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). Includes bibliographical references and index. Democracy United States Cases Representative government and representation United States Cases Election law United States Cases Democracy Election law Politics and government Representative government and representation United States Politics and government United States KF 4880 .A7 .I85 2016 342.73/07 9781628102253 162810225X 9781683282037 1683282035 2016478972 PUCPR 170504 20200911170309.0 ocn954010892 eng