Regulating political parties under a "public rights" first amendment.

From: William and Mary Law Review | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

INTRODUCTION

I. THE DOMINANT THEORETICAL APPROACH TO REVIEWING REGULATIONS OF POLITICAL PARTIES

A. The Private Rights Theory of Expressive Freedom

B. The Responsible Party Government Theory of the Electoral Process

C. Symbiosis Between the Private Rights Theory and the Responsible Party Government Theory

1. Political Stability Through Preelectoral Coalition Building

2. Discouraging Factions by Limiting Voices in Government

3. The Voting Cue

II. AN ALTERNATIVE THEORETICAL APPROACH TO REVIEWING REGULATIONS OF POLITICAL PARTIES

A. The Public ...

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