Political Parties and Elections : Legislating for Representative Democracy.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Public Law, Political Parties and Representative Democracy: A Framework for Comparative Analysis -- 2 Political Parties and Constitutions -- 3 The Gradual Legal Recognition of Political Parties -- 4 Requirements for Party Registration and Internal Organization -- 5 Regulating Party Candidate Selection Contests -- 6 Parties and the Conduct of Elections -- 7 The Public Funding of Election Campaigns and Political Parties -- 8 The Private Funding of Election Campaigns: Regulating Political Donations and Expenditures -- 9 Parties in Parliament: The Independence of the Legislature -- 10 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Political Parties and Elections presents a comparative analysis of the ways in which advanced industrial democracies - specifically the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand - seek to regulate the activities of political parties in electoral contests. Utilizing an interdisciplinary theoretical framework, author Anika Gauja surveys electoral law and ancillary legislation to analyze the case law that guides the interpretation of this legislation.

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