- published: 24 Sep 2015
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Election law is a discipline falling at the juncture of constitutional law and political science. It researches "the politics of law and the law of politics". Especially after the famous 2000 Bush-Gore elections, its importance has grown and now election law is taught at most of the law schools throughout the United States and abroad.
Some of the questions that are addressed by election law are:
American election law experts and academics are connected in the academic network coordinated by Daniel H. Lowenstein of UCLA Law School and Richard L. Hasen of Loyola Law School. Lowenstein and Hasen also edit the Election Law Journal and the election law mailing list.