Details Author(s): Nathaniel PersilyBruce E. Cain Publish Date: April, 2000 Publication Title: Columbia Law Review Format: Journal Article Volume 100 Issue 3 Page(s) 775-812 Citation(s): Nathaniel Persily and Bruce E. Cain, The Legal Status of Political Parties: A Reassessment of Competing Paradigms, 100 Columbia Law Review 775 (2000).