Keith D. Ewing has been Professor of Public law at King’s College London since 1989, having previously taught at the universities of Edinburgh and Cambridge. Jacob Rowbottom is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge and Fellow of King¹s College, University of Cambridge.Joo-Cheong Tham is an Associate Professor at the Melbourne Law School, Australia.

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• List of Contributors 1. Introduction K.D. Ewing, Jacob Rowbottom and Joo Cheong Tham Part 1: The Role of Contribution Caps 2. The Role of Institutional Donations Jacob Rowbottom 3. The Trade Union Question in British Political Funding K.D. Ewing 4. A Case Against Uniform Contribution Limits Joo Cheong Tham Part 2: The Role of Spending Limits 5. Spending Controls: New Campaign Actors and New Regulatory Techniques K.D. Ewing and Jacob Rowbottom 6. Local Parties, Local Money and Local Campaigns Ron Johnson and Charles Pattie 7. Legal Regulation and Political Activity at Local Level in Britain Justin Fisher Part 3: The Role of Other Actors 8. The Press: The Media and the ‘Rupert Murdoch problem’ Andrew Geddis 9. The Regulator: The First Decade of the Electoral Commission Navraj Ghaleigh 10. The Courts: Legal Challenges to Political Finance and Election Laws Stephanie Palmer Part 4: Lessons from Abroad 11. State Intervention in Party Politics: The Public Funding and Regulation of Political Parties Ingrid Van Biezen 12. Canadian Political Finance Regulation and Jurisprudence Colin Feasby 13. The Transformation of the US Campaign Finance System in Presidential Elections Rick Hasen Part 5: State Funding and Party Autonomy 14. Justifications for Regulating Party Affairs: Competition not Public Funding Graeme Orr

Keith D. Ewing has been Professor of Public law at King’s College London since 1989, having previously taught at the universities of Edinburgh and Cambridge. Jacob Rowbottom is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge and Fellow of King¹s College, University of Cambridge.Joo-Cheong Tham is an Associate Professor at the Melbourne Law School, Australia.

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• List of Contributors 1. Introduction K.D. Ewing, Jacob Rowbottom and Joo Cheong Tham Part 1: The Role of Contribution Caps 2. The Role of Institutional Donations Jacob Rowbottom 3. The Trade Union Question in British Political Funding K.D. Ewing 4. A Case Against Uniform Contribution Limits Joo Cheong Tham Part 2: The Role of Spending Limits 5. Spending Controls: New Campaign Actors and New Regulatory Techniques K.D. Ewing and Jacob Rowbottom 6. Local Parties, Local Money and Local Campaigns Ron Johnson and Charles Pattie 7. Legal Regulation and Political Activity at Local Level in Britain Justin Fisher Part 3: The Role of Other Actors 8. The Press: The Media and the ‘Rupert Murdoch problem’ Andrew Geddis 9. The Regulator: The First Decade of the Electoral Commission Navraj Ghaleigh 10. The Courts: Legal Challenges to Political Finance and Election Laws Stephanie Palmer Part 4: Lessons from Abroad 11. State Intervention in Party Politics: The Public Funding and Regulation of Political Parties Ingrid Van Biezen 12. Canadian Political Finance Regulation and Jurisprudence Colin Feasby 13. The Transformation of the US Campaign Finance System in Presidential Elections Rick Hasen Part 5: State Funding and Party Autonomy 14. Justifications for Regulating Party Affairs: Competition not Public Funding Graeme Orr

Keith D. Ewing has been Professor of Public law at King’s College London since 1989, having previously taught at the universities of Edinburgh and Cambridge. Jacob Rowbottom is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge and Fellow of King¹s College, University of Cambridge.Joo-Cheong Tham is an Associate Professor at the Melbourne Law School, Australia.

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• List of Contributors 1. Introduction K.D. Ewing, Jacob Rowbottom and Joo Cheong Tham Part 1: The Role of Contribution Caps 2. The Role of Institutional Donations Jacob Rowbottom 3. The Trade Union Question in British Political Funding K.D. Ewing 4. A Case Against Uniform Contribution Limits Joo Cheong Tham Part 2: The Role of Spending Limits 5. Spending Controls: New Campaign Actors and New Regulatory Techniques K.D. Ewing and Jacob Rowbottom 6. Local Parties, Local Money and Local Campaigns Ron Johnson and Charles Pattie 7. Legal Regulation and Political Activity at Local Level in Britain Justin Fisher Part 3: The Role of Other Actors 8. The Press: The Media and the ‘Rupert Murdoch problem’ Andrew Geddis 9. The Regulator: The First Decade of the Electoral Commission Navraj Ghaleigh 10. The Courts: Legal Challenges to Political Finance and Election Laws Stephanie Palmer Part 4: Lessons from Abroad 11. State Intervention in Party Politics: The Public Funding and Regulation of Political Parties Ingrid Van Biezen 12. Canadian Political Finance Regulation and Jurisprudence Colin Feasby 13. The Transformation of the US Campaign Finance System in Presidential Elections Rick Hasen Part 5: State Funding and Party Autonomy 14. Justifications for Regulating Party Affairs: Competition not Public Funding Graeme Orr