Routledge Handbook of Election Law

The Routledge Handbook of Election Law is a comprehensive cross-national comparative reference book surveying the electoral practices and law of major and emerging democracies worldwide. It brings together leading international scholars to examine specific issues, topics, and regions, providing a rich volume of research to advance legal and political science knowledge about democracies and their challenges.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 354 pages
Publication date: 29 January 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Governments require rules, institutions, and processes to translate the will of the people into functioning democracies. Election laws are the rules that make that happen. However, across the world, various countries have crafted different rules regarding how elections are conducted, who gets to vote, who is allowed to run for office, what role political parties have, and what place money has in the financing of campaigns and candidates.

The Routledge Handbook of Election Law is the first major cross-national comparative reference book surveying the electoral practices and law of the major and emerging democracies across the world. It brings together the leading international scholars on election law and democracy, examining specific issues, topics, or regions of the world when it comes to rules, institutions, and processes regarding how they run their elections. The result is a rich volume of research furthering the legal and political science knowledge about democracies and the challenges they face. Scholars interested in election law and democracy, as well as election officials, will find the Routledge Handbook of Election Law an essential reference book.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032183053