Title: The rise of guardian democracy; the Supreme Court's role in voting rights disputes, 1845-1969,
Authors: Elliott, Ward E. Y.
Publisher: Harvard University Press,
Year: 1974
Subjects: United States.; Suffrage United States History.
Contents: Introduction: The Dynamics of Democracy and the Guardian Ethic -- Voting Rights in the Pre-Intervention Period, 1776-1868 -- Intervention by Interpretation, 1868-1962: The Black Voting Rights Progression -- Urbanism and the Equal Districts Progression: From the Progressive Reformation to the Guardian Ethic -- Political Questions, Wine, and Cod-liver Oil-the Tactics of Transubstantiation -- The Fundamental Principle and the Quagmire -- Prometheus, Proteus, Pandora, and Procrustes Unbound: The Political Consequences of Reapportionment -- The Court's Constituencies, Constitutional Atheism, and the Future of The Guardian Ethic -- Epilogue: Was There a Better Way to Do It? -- Appendix: Voting and Electoral Provisions of the Constitution -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Table of Cases -- Index.