The First Laws
From Teapot Dome to Watergate
Money and Speech: The Debate Over Contribution and Spending
Limits
Disclosure, Enforcement, and the FEC
Public Financing
Unions, Corporations, and the Rise of PACs
ROBERT E. MUTCH has taught American politics and political history at Brooklyn College, Barnard and Rutgers Colleges, and at other New York area colleges.
?. . . a meticulous and provocative analysis of federal campaign
finance law. . . his writing is lucid and insightful.?-Harvard
Journal on Legislation
?The attention to historical detail . . . will make Campaigns,
Congress, and Courts a welcome addition to the personal library of
any political parties, public administration, and constitutional
law courses.?-Atlanta Historical Society
?There is nothing here that has not the merit--and it is a
considerable one--is the assembling of virtually all there is to
know about the legal ins and outs, expectations, and
disappointments surrounding the creation and regulation of
political action committees. The organization of the book is
historical, the method descriptive. It is quite good history, very
enjoyable reading, and especially good at weaving in information
from a variety of sources. . . . No law can weaken the resolve of
powerful forces behind that money to influence federal elections.'
Which conclusion do you prefer: Corporate PACS urged to act like
Captain America (and use their power only for good and the American
way'), or PACs assessed as determined subverters of the public
will? Presumably neither. But each provides benefits unavailable
anywhere else, and thus each is a contribution.?-Journal of
Politics
?This is a scholarly history and review of the US attempt to
regulate campaign finance. It includes an extensive, technical
analysis of the long struggle to enact limitations on campaign
finance contributions and spending. Mutch also discusses how the
federal courts have restricted the application of the legislation.
No other work examines the legislative history of campaign finance
in the US in so much detail. It is well written, thoroughly
researched, careful, and highly technical in analysis. As such it
is of interest only to the serious graduate student and to faculty
members who seek detailed information on US parties and
elections.?-Choice
." . . a meticulous and provocative analysis of federal campaign
finance law. . . his writing is lucid and insightful."-Harvard
Journal on Legislation
"The attention to historical detail . . . will make Campaigns,
Congress, and Courts a welcome addition to the personal library of
any political parties, public administration, and constitutional
law courses."-Atlanta Historical Society
"This is a scholarly history and review of the US attempt to
regulate campaign finance. It includes an extensive, technical
analysis of the long struggle to enact limitations on campaign
finance contributions and spending. Mutch also discusses how the
federal courts have restricted the application of the legislation.
No other work examines the legislative history of campaign finance
in the US in so much detail. It is well written, thoroughly
researched, careful, and highly technical in analysis. As such it
is of interest only to the serious graduate student and to faculty
members who seek detailed information on US parties and
elections."-Choice
"There is nothing here that has not the merit--and it is a
considerable one--is the assembling of virtually all there is to
know about the legal ins and outs, expectations, and
disappointments surrounding the creation and regulation of
political action committees. The organization of the book is
historical, the method descriptive. It is quite good history, very
enjoyable reading, and especially good at weaving in information
from a variety of sources. . . . No law can weaken the resolve of
powerful forces behind that money to influence federal elections.'
Which conclusion do you prefer: Corporate PACS urged to act like
Captain America (and use their power only for good and the American
way'), or PACs assessed as determined subverters of the public
will? Presumably neither. But each provides benefits unavailable
anywhere else, and thus each is a contribution."-Journal of
Politics
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