Election Law in the American Political System (Aspen Casebook)

This accessible, comprehensive casebook is flexible enough to permit the professor to teach a survey course that covers all of the major pillars of the field. It is also easily customizable to emphasize certain materials over others or to support an in-depth seminar.

Features:

• Comprehensive approach to the topic, including the right to vote, redistricting, campaign finance, election administration, the Voting Rights Act, and rights of political parties.
• Compact presentation of material, assisting efficient transmission of the material to students.
• Contextualizes legal doctrine by providing short and useful background readings in democratic theory, history, policy, and political science.
• Thoughtful selection and careful editing of cases.
• Accessible expository material both introduces each topic and follows the cases for further elucidation.
• Carefully selected readings and cases illuminate each topic without overwhelming the student with excessive recitation of cases.
• Equally useful to a course that is more focused on cases and doctrine as well as a course that integrates democratic theory and practice with the doctrine.
• Suitable for a graduate or advanced undergraduate political science course on election law