| THE LONGEST NIGHT |
| CONTENTS |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
 | INTRODUCTION |
| CAST AND CHRONOLOGY |
 | 1. IN THE HEAT OF THE BATTLE |
| • | 1. EQUAL PROTECTION FOR VOTES |
| 2. LAW AND DATA: THE BUTTERFLY BALLOT EPISODE |
| 2. THE MACHINERY OF DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA |
| 3. DISPUTING ELECTIONS |
| 3. THE DECISIONS |
| 4. A BADLY FLAWED ELECTION |
| 5. EXCHANGE BETWEEN RONALD DWORKIN AND CHARLES FRIED |
| 6. BUSH V. GORE: THREE STRIKES FOR THE CONSTITUTION, THE COURT, AND DEMOCRACY, BUT THERE IS ALWAYS NEXT SEASON |
| 7. THE UNBEARABLE RIGHTNESS OF BUSH V. GORE |
| 8. THE GHOSTWRITERS |
| • | 9. NOTES FOR THE UNPUBLISHED SUPPLEMENTAL SEPARATE OPINIONS IN BUSH V. GORE |
| 4. AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES |
| • | 10. ANATOMY OF A CONSTITUTIONAL COUP |
| 11. THE MANY FACES OF BUSH V. GORE |
| • | 12. SPRINGTIME FOR ROUSSEAU |
| 13. MACHIAVELLI IN ROBES? THE COURT IN THE ELECTION |
| 5. FOREIGN PERSPECTIVES |
| 14. A FLAWED YET RESILIENT SYSTEM: A VIEW FROM JERUSALEM |
| 15. CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL REVIEW OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN FRANCE AND A FRENCH JUDICIAL PERSPECTIVE ON BUSH V. GORE |
| 16. SEVEN REASONS WHY BUSH V. GORE WOULD HAVE BEEN UNLIKELY IN GERMANY |
| 17. BUSH V. GORE: A VIEW FROM ITALY |
| 18. DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA: A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE ON THE MILLENNIAL ELECTION |
| 6. REFORM? |
| 19. WEIGHING THE ALTERNATIVES: REFORM OR DEFORM? |
| 20. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE: A FATALLY FLAWED INSTITUTION |
| 21. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE: A MODEST CONTRIBUTION |
| 22. POPULAR ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT WITHOUT A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT |
| CONTRIBUTORS |
| INDEX |