The longest night : polemics and perspectives on election 2000 / edited by Arthur J. Jacobson and Michel Rosenfeld.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jacobson, Arthur J.

Rosenfeld, Michel, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Election--2000.

Presidents.

Election law--United States.

Election law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (430 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The American presidential election of 2000 was perhaps the most remarkable, and in many ways the most unsettling, that the country has yet experienced. The millennial election raised fundamental questions not only about American democracy, but also about the nation's constitution and about the legitimate role of American courts, state and federal, and in particular about the United States Supreme Court. The Longest Night presents a lively and informed reaction to the legal aftermath of the election by the most prominent experts on the subject. With a balance of opposing views-including those of some of the most distinguished foreign commentators writing on the subject today-the contributors present an unusual breadth of perspectives in addressing the judicial, institutional, and political questions involved in the disputed election. Their commentaries bring the confusion and frenzy of the event into clear focus and lay the groundwork for an essential public debate that is sure to continue well into the future. The Longest Night contains a thorough chronology of the events in Florida, a detailed account of the institutional structure of American presidential elections, a series of analyses both criticizing and defending the decisions in Bush v. Gore, American perspectives on the Florida struggle and America's electoral system, and a debate on maintaining or reforming the electoral college. The authors include participants in the legal and political battles surrounding the Florida election, foreigners charged with monitoring and supervising elections, and scholars from many disciplines specializing in constitutionalism, democracy, and American election law.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

CAST AND CHRONOLOGY

1. EQUAL PROTECTION FOR VOTES

2. LAW AND DATA: THE BUTTERFLY BALLOT EPISODE

3. DISPUTING ELECTIONS

4. A BADLY FLAWED ELECTION

5. EXCHANGE BETWEEN RONALD DWORKIN AND CHARLES FRIED

6. BUSH V. GORE: THREE STRIKES FOR THE CONSTITUTION, THE COURT, AND DEMOCRACY, BUT THERE IS ALWAYS NEXT SEASON

7. THE UNBEARABLE RIGHTNESS OF BUSH V. GORE

8. THE GHOSTWRITERS

9. NOTES FOR THE UNPUBLISHED SUPPLEMENTAL SEPARATE OPINIONS IN BUSH V. GORE

10. ANATOMY OF A CONSTITUTIONAL COUP

11. THE MANY FACES OF BUSH V. GORE

12. SPRINGTIME FOR ROUSSEAU

13. MACHIAVELLI IN ROBES? THE COURT IN THE ELECTION

14. A FLAWED YET RESILIENT SYSTEM: A VIEW FROM JERUSALEM

15. CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL REVIEW OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN FRANCE AND A FRENCH JUDICIAL PERSPECTIVE ON BUSH V. GORE

16. SEVEN REASONS WHY BUSH V. GORE WOULD HAVE BEEN UNLIKELY IN GERMANY

17. BUSH V. GORE: A VIEW FROM ITALY

18. DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA: A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE ON THE MILLENNIAL ELECTION

19. WEIGHING THE ALTERNATIVES: REFORM OR DEFORM?

20. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE: A FATALLY FLAWED INSTITUTION

21. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE: A MODEST CONTRIBUTION

22. POPULAR ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT WITHOUT A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612356940

9780520929333

0520929330

9781597347211

1597347213

9781282356948

1282356941

OCLC:

55531777