The Supreme Court and Election Law: Judging Equality from Baker V. Carr to Bush V. Gore

by Richard L. Hasen

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814736912
• ISBN13: 9780814736913
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"