Legislation, statutory interpretation, and election law : examples and explanations /

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Main Author: Hasen, Richard L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, [2014]
Series:Examples & explanations series
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The legislative process
  • 1. How a bill becomes a law : from Schoolhouse Rock to vetogates and unorthodox lawmaking
  • 2. Regulating legislators
  • 3. Lobbying, bribery, and external legislative influence
  • 4. Direct democracy
  • Part II. Statutory interpretation
  • 5. Theories and practice of statutory interpretation
  • 6. Canons of statutory interpretation
  • 7. Legislative history
  • 8. Agency interpretation : statutory interpretation in the administrative state
  • Part III. Voting rights and representation
  • 9. The right to vote, representation, and redistricting
  • 10. Political parties, partisan gerrymandering, and political competition
  • 11. The Voting Rights Act, race, and redistricting
  • 12. Election administration
  • Part IV. Campaign finance
  • 13. Introduction to campaign finance : spending limits from Buckley to Citizens United
  • 14. Campaign contribution limits from Buckley to Citizens United and beyond
  • 15. Campaign finance disclosure
  • 16. Public financing