The philosophical argument in this book could become centrally important to the development of a centrist legal position on the law of campaign financing and on constitutional law more generally. This book has the potential to have the same sort of impact on constitutional theory that John Ely's great book, Democracy and Distrust, had some 35 years ago.
John Attanasio has advised courts, legislatures, ministers, and constitutional commissions on democracy, economics, and rule of law for over 30 years. He has mediated sensitive international disputes, and lectured widely around the world. Attanasio is President of the International Academic Institute of Legal Process and Procedure. He served as dean of two law schools and taught at two others. He was the first Fulbright lecturer to teach
courses on American constitutional law in the Soviet Union. He was Director of the Rule of Law Forum which organized bilateral meetings of high-ranking government officials under the auspices of the State Department. He organized Supreme Court Summits and other meetings involving many of the most important highest
courts in the world.