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Book Title: Gerrymandering: A Guide To Congressional Redistricting, Dark...
Number of Pages: 132 Pages
Publication Name: Gerrymandering : a Guide to Congressional Redistricting, Dark Money, and the U. S. Supreme Court
Language: English
Publisher: Hamilton Books
Item Height: 0.3 in
Publication Year: 2018
Subject: Election Law, American Government / Legislative Branch, American Government / Judicial Branch, Political Process / General, Political Ideologies / Democracy
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 6.6 Oz
Item Length: 8.4 in
Author: Franklin L. Kury
Subject Area: Law, Political Science
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback