The Concept of Corruption in Campaign Finance Law
16 Pages Posted: 29 Jan 2015
Date Written: 1997
Abstract
The Supreme Court's emphasis on "corruption and the appearance of corruption" in its campaign finance jurisprudence has stimulated criticism on several fronts. I hope in this article to give some sense of both the possibilities and the limits of understanding campaign finance as an issue of corruption.
Keywords: campaign finance, corruption, Buckley v. Valeo, representation
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