Election Law and Democratic Theory

’Election law has become a crowded field, but its central position as an application of democratic theory has gotten sparse attention. David Schultz’ s book-length treatment is therefore welcome. His charting of the territory will be helpful to legal scholars and to both theoretical and empirical political scientists.’ Daniel Lowenstein, University of California, Los Angeles, USA ’Until now I know of no comprehensive book that provides a comparable scholarly discussion of the political and democratic theory underpinnings of election law. David Schultz’s Election Law and Democratic Theory fills this important gap, and provides an eminently readable analysis of the political principles and democratic values underlying election law and the regulation of political campaigns and participants in the United States. This is an important and much needed book.’ Trevor Potter, Caplin & Drysdale, Washington, DC, USA and former FEC Commissioner and Chairman ’Has election law lost its way? In Election Law and Democratic Theory, Professor David Schultz persuasively argues that it has. He urges us to think more rigorously about the values underlying disputes over election rules, including those which have come before the Supreme Court in recent years. This book is both ambitious and accessible, a rare combination. It has the potential to reshape the field of election law, by inspiring a deeper engagement with democratic theory on the part of those of us who study and practice it.’ Daniel Tokaji, Ohio State University, USA