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Representation rights and the Burger years / Nancy Maveety.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maveety, Nancy.
- 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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