Understanding the 2000 election
Subtitle: a guide to the legal battles that decided the presidency
By: Abner Greene.
Publisher: New York Univereity Press; New York University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Bush, George W. -- 1946-  -- Trials, litigation, etc; Gore, Albert, -- 1948-  -- Trials, litigation, etc; Contested elections -- United States; Contested elections -- Florida; Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2000
Genres: Trials, litigation, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-196) and index.
Table of contents: title: Winning the presidency: the electoral vote; title: Manual recounts: in Florida and across the nation; title: Protesting the election: what sort of deadline was November 14?; title: Contesting the election: what does the law mean by "rejection of legal votes"?; title: Challenging hand counts in Federal Court: the seed is planted; title: The "safe-harbor" provision and article II of the Constitution: did the Florida Supreme Court rewrite Florida law?; title: Article II of the U.S. Constitution: did the Florida Supreme Court improperly rely on the Florida Constitution?; title: The U.S. Supreme Court asks for clarification: the Florida Supreme Court responds; title: The U.S. Supreme Court ends the election: the unconstitutionality of Florida's hand counts and the ultimate significance of December 12; title: The "butterfly ballot": Palm Beach county and 3,407 Buchanan votes; title: Absentee ballots: Seminole and Martin counties and a printer's error; title: The Florida legislature: what was its proper role?; title: The U.S. Congress: the unused court of last resort.