David Schultz is Hamline University Distinguished Professor in the departments of Political Science, Legal Studies, and Environmental Studies, and a Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota.

Jurij Toplak is Professor of Law and Head of Department at the University of Maribor, the Executive Vice-President of the Alma Mater Europaea, Slovenia, and a recurring visiting professor at Fordham University School of Law. He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

1 Introduction

2 Democratic Theory and Election Law3 Representative Government and Elections

4 Voting Rights and Limitations

5 Electoral Management

6 Electronic Voting

7 Election Law in Advanced Democracies

8 Challenges in Electoral Integrity

9 Elections as Rituals

10 International Election Observation and Standards
11 Election Observation: Using Law and International Standards - A Practitioner's Perspective
12 Election Disputes, Complaints, and Appeals

13 Role of Money in Campaigns and Elections
14 Political Finance

15 Gender Quotas in Politics 16 Election Participation of Persons With Disabilities

17 Personalization of Elections: In Search of the Sound Conception

18 European Court of Human Rights and the Election Law

19 Post-Election Disputes in Europe20 The Election Law in Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania

21 Election Law in Turkey

22 Election Law in Latin America23 Contested Elections in Africa: The Roles of Courts in Electoral Processes

24 Election Law in India

25 Election Law in Malaysia

26 Legal Reforms for Electoral Integrity in Pakistan

27 Deep Election Law in South Korea

This book surveys the electoral practices and law of the major and emerging democracies across the world. It brings together the leading international scholars on election law and democracy, examining specific issues, topics, or the regions of the world when it comes to rules, institutions, and processes regarding how they run their elections.