The parties in court : American political parties under the Constitution / Robert C. Wigton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wigton, Robert C., 1955- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--Law and legislation--United States.

Political parties.

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

Political parties--Law and legislation.

United States.

United States--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

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Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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. The Parties in Court: American Political Parties under the Constitution endeavors 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, Robert C. Wigton draws on these ideas to propose his own scheme for how political parties might be best accommodated in a democracy. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 American Political Parties, Government Regulation, and Constitutional Law 1

2 Judicial Regulation of the Internal Activities of Political Parties 71

3 The Regulation of Political Parties in the Electoral Process 133

4 The Regulation of Incumbent Political Parties 255

5 Summary and Recommendations 341.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Wigton, Robert C., 1955- author. Parties in court

ISBN:

9780739189689

0739189689

OCLC:

867049983

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