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Book SynopsisIn timely fashion, this new edition updates Melvin Urofsky's classic study of campaign finance law, bringing his cogent analysis of the relevant statutes and court cases up to date. Urofsky explains in clear and convincing language what was - and is - at stake in the twists and turns of campaign finance laws taken up by America’s highest court.
Trade ReviewThoroughly researched, analytically sound, and clearly written, Urofsky's
The Campaign Finance Cases takes a very difficult subject and opens it up to the general reader. It makes clear not only why campaign finance reforms matter, but why they are so hard to get right and why the Supreme Court is constantly having to rule on these matters. I look forward to using this book the next time I teach voting and elections to my students."" - Charles L. Zelden, author of Bush v. Gore:
Exposing the Growing Crisis in American Democracy, Third Expanded Edition
""A masterful history of the Supreme Court's decades-long struggle to balance the integrity of elections with free speech in campaign finance cases. Urofsky upends numerous myths and misconceptions about the Court while showing how, in the era of
Citizens United, campaign finance laws are increasingly likely to be struck down."" - Adam Winkler, author of
We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights
