1st Edition

Routledge Handbook of Election Law

Edited By David Schultz, Jurij Toplak Copyright 2022
370 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

370 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

370 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Governments need rules, institutions, and processes to translate the will of the people into functioning democracies. Election laws are the rules that make that happen. Yet 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... Read more
 

1 Introduction
David Schultz and Jurij Toplak

2 Democratic Theory and Election Law
David Schultz

3 Representative Government and Elections
Mark E. Rush

4 Voting Rights and Limitations
Djordje Gardašević and Jurij Toplak

5 Electoral Management
Toby S. James and Holly Ann Garnett

6 Electronic Voting
Robert Krimmer and Jordi Barrat i Esteve

7 Election Law in Advanced Democracies
Steven J. Mulroy

8 Challenges in Electoral Integrity
Pippa Norris

9 Elections as Rituals
Graeme Orr

10 International Election Observation and Standards
Alexander Shlyk

11 Election Observation: Using Law and International Standards – A Practitioner's Perspective
Hannah Roberts

12 Election Disputes, Complaints, and Appeals
Bob Watt

13 Role of Money in Campaigns and Elections
Emily Schnurr

14 Political Finance
Barbara Jouan Stonestreet

15 Gender Quotas in Politics
Drude Dahlerup and Lenita Freidenvall

16 Election Participation of Persons With Disabilities
Enira Bronitskaya

17 Personalization of Elections: In Search of the Sound Conception
Klemen Jaklič and Maša Setnikar

18 European Court of Human Rights and the Election Law
Jurij Toplak

19 Post-Election Disputes in Europe
Mathieu Leloup

20 The Election Law in Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania
Inese Druviete and Ēriks Kristians Selga

21 Election Law in Turkey
Ali Çarkoğlu

22 Election Law in Latin America
Daniela Urosa

23 Contested Elections in Africa: The Roles of Courts in Electoral Processes
Ugochukwu Ezeh

24 Election Law in India
M. V. Rajeev Gowda and Varun Santhosh

25 Election Law in Malaysia
Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani

26 Legal Reforms for Electoral Integrity in Pakistan
Hassan Nasir Mirbahar

27 Deep Election Law in South Korea
Erik Johan Mobrand

Biography

David Schultz is Hamline University Distinguished Professor in the departments of Political Science, Legal Studies, and Environmental Studies, and a Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota.

Jurij Toplak is Professor of Law and Head of Department at the University of Maribor, the Executive Vice-President of the Alma Mater Europaea, Slovenia, and a recurring visiting professor at Fordham University School of Law. He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.