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The U.S. Supreme Court and the electoral process / edited by David K. Ryden ; foreword Lee Epstein.

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The U.S. Supreme Court and the electoral process / edited by David K. Ryden ; foreword Lee Epstein.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2000.

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Additional Authors
Ryden, David K.
Description
xii, 322 p.; 23 cm.
Alternative Title
  • US Supreme Court and the electoral process
  • United States Supreme Court and the electoral process
Subject
  • United States. Supreme Court
  • Election law > United States
  • Representative government and representation > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-299) and index.
Contents
The U.S. Supreme Court, the electoral process, and the quest for representation: an overview / David K. Ryden. -- Representation rights and the Rehnquist years: the viability of the "communities of interest" approach / Nancy Maveety. -- Vote dilution, party dilution, and the voting rights act: the search for "fair and effective representation" / Howard A. Scarrow. -- Districting and the meanings of pluralism: the court's futile search for standards in Kiryas Joel / Stephen E. Gottlieb. -- Back to the future: the enduring dilemmas revealed in the Supreme Court's treatment of political parties / Michael A. Fitts. -- Party autonomy or state regulatory authority? The court as mediator / Paul R. Petterson. -- The Supreme Court's patronage decisions and the theory and practice of politics / Cynthia Grant Bowman. -- Entrenching the two-party system: the supreme court's fusion decision / Douglas J. Amy. -- To curb parties or court them? Seeking a constitutional framework for campaign finance reform / Daniel K. Ryden. -- Plebiscites and minority rights: A contrarian view / Bradley A. Smith. -- A Thornton in the side: term limits, representation, and the problem of federalism / Jeff Polet. -- The Supreme Court has no theory of politics--and be thankful for small favors / Daniel H. Lowenstein. -- The Supreme Court as architect of election law: Summing up, looking ahead / Daniel K. Ryden.
ISBN
  • 0878408053 (cloth : acid-free paper)
  • 0878408061 (paper : acid-free paper)
LCCN
^^^00026366^
OCLC
  • 43555041
  • SCSB-10264172
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library