Bush v. Gore : the court cases and the commentary /
"In the first half of this volume gathers what we and the editors at the Brookings Institution Press believe to be the most important legal documents in the Bush-Gore confrontation ... The book begins with the early advisory rulings on the recounts by Florida state officials. It moves on to the...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Brookings Institution Press,
[2001]
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| Summary: | "In the first half of this volume gathers what we and the editors at the Brookings Institution Press believe to be the most important legal documents in the Bush-Gore confrontation ... The book begins with the early advisory rulings on the recounts by Florida state officials. It moves on to the intermediate court rulings and ends with the critical decisions in early December by the Florida Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. We have included the dissents in all the major cases ... The second half of the book consists of contemporaneous commentaries on the controversy. These include columns, magazine articles, editorials and also a few news stories that shed important light on the issues at stake"--Page 2. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 344 pages ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0815701071 9780815701071 |