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Representation rights and the Burger years / Nancy Maveety.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Maveety, Nancy.
Contributor:
Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Burger, Warren E., 1907-1995.
Burger, Warren E.
United States. Supreme Court.
United States.
Apportionment (Election law)--United States.
Apportionment (Election law).
Representative government and representation--United States.
Representative government and representation.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (270 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1991.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Maveety argues that the Supreme Court under Burger revolutionized the constitutional view of political representation.
Contents:
Intro
Contents
1. Supreme Court Endorsement of Group Representation
2. Malapportionment and Representation
3. The "Talisman" of Geography
4. Acres, Dollars, and Votes
5. Demographic Districting and Compensatory Majoritarianism
6. The Dualistic Conception of Partisan Representation
7. Administrative and Litigational Representation
8. Group Rights: Political Vigilance and Political Conflict
Appendixes
A. Table of Justices, the Warren and Burger Courts
B. Table of Cases, Listed Chronologically
Bibliography
Index.
Notes:
Based on the author's thesis, Johns Hopkins University.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-251) and index.
Description based on information from the publisher.
ISBN:
9786612556074
9781282556072
128255607X
9780472022687
0472022687
OCLC:
615639421

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