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• Title:The informed citizens' guide to elections : electioneering based on the rule of law = Le guide du citoyen averti aux élections : faire campagne selon la règle de droit.
  
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• Variant Title:Guide du citoyen averti aux élections : faire campagne selon la règle de droit
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Institute of Parliamentary and Political Law (Ottawa, Ont.), sponsoring body.
  
• Published/Created:Toronto, Ontario : Carswell, 2015.
  ©2015.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KE4622 .I54 2015
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Election law--Canada.
  Elections--Canada.
  
• Description:xxiii, 578 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  
• Series:Journal of parliamentary and political law ; special issue.
  
• Summary:J1ournal of Parliamentary and Political Law - Special Issue Revue de Droit Parlementaire et Politique - Numéro hors-série Go behind the ballot box for a look at the ins and outs of enforcing election rules and promoting voter engagement. Gain in-depth knowledge of how elections work in Canada in this broad expert overview, co-edited by a former Chief Electoral Officer and the Executive Director of the JPPL. The Informed Citizens' Guide to Elections: Electioneering Based on the Rule of Law sets out all the elements involved in conducting elections in Canada in a collection of articles written by key Canadian and international experts in election law. A special issue of the Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law (JPPL), this collection is interdisciplinary in approach, examining topics ranging from women in politics and ethical frameworks in electioneering, to polling day processes and designing campaign platforms. Where appropriate, references are made to election law and court judgments. Each article deals in-depth with a different aspect of the electoral system: -Election Administration -Voters -Political Parties -Campaigning -Campaign Finance -Election Ethics -Elections and the Media -Case Studies in the Field of Elections -Application of Election Law -International Aspects.
  
• Notes:"Published in association with the Institute of Parliamentary and Political Law" --Title page.
  Includes table of cases.
  Includes bibliographical references.
  Text in English and French.
  
• ISBN:9780779864645
  0779864646
  
• Contents:Foreward. Foreward / Avant-propos / Marc Mayrand
  Introductory issues. Introduction / Richard Balasko, Gregory Tardi
  The rule of law and elections / Gregory Tardi
  Electioneering and the public interest / Andrea Rounce
  Electoral systems. Fair representation in the House of Commons? / Michael Pal
  Canada's voting system in a comparative perspective / Dennis Pilon
  Election administration. The nature and functions of electoral management bodies / Richard Balasko
  Evolving the Canadian voting services model / Harry Neufeld
  The roles of the Chief Electoral Officer and the Commissioner of Canada Elections / Andrew Heard
  The independence of the electoral administration from government / David Brock
  Voters. Reasons for voters' decisions / Laura Stephenson
  The role of electoral agencies in voter participation / Keith Archer
  Political parties. Candidate nomination in Canadian parties / Royce Koop
  Women in politics / Lisa Young
  Campaigning. The political imperative in elections : is winning everything? / Tom Flanagan
  Designing campaign platforms / Anna Esselment
  The platform as an agenda-setting document / Peter Malachy Ryan
  Being a candidate / Bronwyn Funiciello
  Political communication and the use of political language / Edana Beauvais
  Campaign promises : truth and lies / Megan Ma
  Campaign finance. Campaign financing / Pauline Beange
  Third-party campaign expenditures / Rachel Atkinson
  Election ethics. When are elections fair? A three-dimensional approach to electoral fairness / Lesley Alan Jacobs
  To what extent do political parties implement campaign promises? / Francois Pétry, Dominic Duval
  Elections and the media. Reporting on elections / Jennifer Ditchburn
  Broadcasting arbitration / Peter S. Grant
  Television advertising and its impact on campaigning and elections / Tim Abray, Jonathan Rose
  Polling and Canadian elections / Christopher Adams
  Case studies in the field of elections. Les spécificités du droit et de la practique électorales québécoises / Lucie Fiset
  The New Brunswick general election of September 22, 2014 / Don Desserud
  Who forms government if no party gets a majority? / Joseph Wearing
  Application of election law. The legal evolution of representation by population, 1840-1867 / Gail Sinclair
  Litigating the right to vote / Tanya Kuzman, Greg Flynn
  Harper v Canada in the age of social media / Heather MacIvor
  The role of courts and judgments in elections / Yasmin Dawood
  Mandatory voting / Nadia Verrelli
  Is womens' underrepresentation in parliament a Charter violation? / Kerri Froc
  All-Canada electoral calendar / Calendrier électoral pan-Canadien / Gregory Tardi
  International aspects. Canadian voter identification requirements in a comparative perspective / Maxime St.-Hilaire, Léonid Sirota
  Canadian assistance to, and monitoring of, overseas elections / Dusan Jovanovic
  Canada's role in the 2014 national election in Afghanistan / Brian Fjeldheim
  Le patrimoine électoral européen et la définition de normes internationales / Pierre Garrone
  Recent American developments in election law / Frank Askin
  Afterward / Preston Manning.