The law of freedom : the Supreme Court and democracy / Jacob Eisler.
2023
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The law of freedom : the Supreme Court and democracy / Jacob Eisler.
Imprint
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 329 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
The counterpopular dilemma
Constitutionalism and the counterpopular dilemma
Traversing the dilemma : normative struggle over freedom
One-person one-vote : the triumph of minimal procedural equality
Campaign finance : contesting voters' cognitive capacities
Parties in democracy : facilitators or usurpers of popular self-rule?
Race and elections : equality of access or equality of power?
Conclusion : the debate over liberalism, the partisan alternative, and the future of election law.
The counterpopular dilemma
Constitutionalism and the counterpopular dilemma
Traversing the dilemma : normative struggle over freedom
One-person one-vote : the triumph of minimal procedural equality
Campaign finance : contesting voters' cognitive capacities
Parties in democracy : facilitators or usurpers of popular self-rule?
Race and elections : equality of access or equality of power?
Conclusion : the debate over liberalism, the partisan alternative, and the future of election law.
Summary
The Supreme Court has been at the center of great upheavals in American democracy across the last seventy years. From the end of Jim Crow to the rise of wealth-dominated national campaigns, the Court has battled over if democracy is an egalitarian collaboration to serve the good of all citizens, or a competitive struggle by private interests. In The Law of Freedom, Jacob Eisler questions why the Court has the moral authority to shape democracy at all. Analyzing leading cases through the lens of philosophy and social science, Eisler demonstrates how the soul of election law is a battle between two philosophical understandings of democratic freedom and popular self-rule. This remarkable book reveals that the Court's battle over democracy has shaped how Americans rule themselves, marking election law as the most dramatic judicial intervention in constitutional history.
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Cambridge Books Online.
Language
English
ISBN
9781108304269 (ebook)
9781108419826 (hardback)
9781108412247 (paperback)
9781108419826 (hardback)
9781108412247 (paperback)
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