Robert C. Wigton

The Parties in Court (eBook, ePUB)

American Political Parties under the Constitution

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

American political parties have long existed in a gray area of constitutional law because of their uncertain status. Parties in this country are neither fully public nor fully private entities. This constitutional ambiguity has meant that political parties are considered private organizations for some purposes and public ones for others. This "public-private entity" problem has arisen in many different legal contexts over the years. However, given their case-by-case method of judicial review, courts have typically dealt with only very discrete parts of this larger problem. This work is an endeavor to describe and analyze the constitutional status of political parties in this country by synthesizing the best judicial and scholarly thinking on the subject. In the final chapter, I draw on these ideas to propose my own scheme for how political parties might be best accommodated in a democracy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 498
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739189689
• Artikelnr.: 40286862

Autorenporträt

Robert C. Wigton is professor of political science at Eckerd College and an attorney.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: American Political Parties, Government Regulation &
Constitutional Law
Chapter 2: The Judicial Regulation of the Internal Activities of Political
Parties
Chapter 3: The Regulation of Political Parties in the Electoral Process
Chapter 4: The Regulation of Incumbent Political Parties
Chapter 5: Summary and Recommendations
Bibliography
Cases Cited