Dibujando fronteras: igualdad de la ley electoral y sus consecuencias democráticas
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Levy, Ron
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2011
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This chapter delineates three conceptions of fairness in election law using the example of electoral boundary drawing. A tradition of 'positive' fairness in Australia and Canada - though recently challenged - is shown to be more democratically representative and coherent than 'negative' and 'perfectionist' conceptions dominant in the American election law setting.This chapter delineates three conceptions of fairness in election law using the example of electoral boundary drawing. A tradition of 'positive' fairness in Australia and Canada - though recently challenged - is shown to be more democratically representative and coherent than 'negative' and 'perfectionist' conceptions dominant in the American election law setting.
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Conference Title
Sistemas electorales y principios constitucionales, viii Congreso Mundial de la Asociación Internacional de Derecho Constitucional
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Constitutional Law