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The Appearance of Equality Racial Gerrymandering, Redistricting, and the Supreme Court
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Christopher M. Burke
Book Code: GM0751
ISBN: 0-313-30751-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30751-5
224 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 6/30/1999
List Price: $115.00 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Series Title: Contributions in Legal Studies
Series Number: 89
Reviews:
  • ...contributing to a discussion that seems likely to continue well into the new century.
    —The Federal Lawyer
  • Burke obviously has read widely and thought deeply about the redistricting cases.
    —The Wisconsin Lawyer
Description: An examination of the language of law in the area of political representation, this book considers the development and recognition of group claims brought pursuant to the Voting Rights Act and the Equal Protection Clause in Supreme Court opinions. In his analysis, Burke highlights the different, discursive strategies, broadly identified as liberal and communitarian, used by the Supreme Court to justify the outcomes of various cases, and he argues that no particular strategy of justification is inherently politically conservative or liberal and that no conception of political representation is unassailable. Therefore, it is unlikely that the Supreme Court will articulate a stable measure of fair representation. The Supreme Court offers one more forum in the deliberation over what is fair representation; however, it is not likely to provide minority communities with a legal answer to the problem of political underrepresentation. As such, this book tells the uncertain story of the creation of political fairness by the Supreme Court. The language used to characterize what is fair and representative, and the theoretical designs which the rhetoric reflects, allows us to formulate concepts of fair representation as legal standards evolve. By placing the debate over fair representation in not only political and legal but also philosophical terms, we are better able to understand the inevitable tensions that drive the concept of representation into new, ill-defined, and contentious areas.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction: The Evolving Discourse on Fair Representation
  • Assessing Representation
  • Rhetoric and the Appearances of Representation
  • Case Analyses of Fair Representation Ante Shaw v. Reno
  • Shaw v. Reno: What It Means, Does Not Mean, and Why
  • Liberalism, Communitarianism, and Fair Representation
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 98-41416
LCC Class: KF4905
Dewey Class: 342
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