MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2005027481
003 DLC
005 20070409121028.0
008 050919s2006 cau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2005027481
020 $a0804754098 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0804754101 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aKF4911$b.B46 2006
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100 1 $aBennett, Robert W.$q(Robert William),$d1941-
245 10 $aTaming the electoral college /$cRobert W. Bennett.
260 $aStanford, Calif. :$bStanford Law and Politics,$c2006.
300 $axii, 270 p. ;$c24 cm.
505 0 $aA critical short history of the electoral college, part I: from the Constitutional Convention through the Twelfth Amendment -- A critical short history of the electoral college, part II: operating under the Twelfth Amendment -- Evaluating the electoral college: the nationwide popular vote alternative -- The contingent procedure for selection of the President by the House of Representatives -- The case of two candidates ending up in an electoral college tie -- The problem of faithless electors -- Electoral votes for third-party (or independent) candidates -- Miscellaneous pitfalls in the electoral college process -- Popular election of the President without a constitutional amendment.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [191]-258) and index.
650 0 $aElectoral college$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xElection.
650 0 $aElection law$zUnited States.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0519/2005027481.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0710/2005027481-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0710/2005027481-d.html