Elbridge Gerry's Salamander The Electoral Consequences of the Reapportionment Revolution |
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| Author:
| Cox, Gary W.
Katz, Jonathan N. |
| Series title: | Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-80675-6 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2002 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $108.95 |
Book Description:
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The Supreme Court's reapportionment decisions, beginning with Baker v. Carr in 1962, had far more than jurisprudential consequences. They sparked a massive wave of extraordinary redistricting in the mid-1960s. Both state legislative and congressional districts were redrawn more comprehensively by far than at any previous time in our nation's history. Moreover, they changed what would happen at law should a state government fail to enact a new districting plan when one was legally required.
The Supreme Court's reapportionment decisions, beginning with Baker v. Carr in 1962, had far more than jurisprudential consequences. They sparked a massive wave of extraordinary redistricting in the mid-1960s. Both state legislative and congressional districts were redrawn more comprehensively by far than at any previous time in our nation's history. Moreover, they changed what would happen at law should a state government fail to enact a new districting plan when one was legally required.