Legislation, statutory interpretation, and election law / Richard L. Hasen, Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science, University of California, Irvine School of Law.

Author
Hasen, Richard L. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, [2014]
Description
xx, 422 pages ; 26 cm.

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    Series
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    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.
    Other editions
    Revised as: Hasen, Richard L. Legislation, statutory interpretation, and election law. Frederick, MD : Aspen Publishing, [2020]
    ISBN
    • 9781454845416 ((pbk.))
    • 1454845414 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    2014018421
    OCLC
    879642526
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