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