Local government law /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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St. Paul, MN. :
West Academic Publishing,
2019
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| Edition: | Fifth edition |
| Series: | Hornbook series
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Table of Contents:
- The study of local government today
- Units of local government
- Forms of government within local units
- Limits on state control of municipalities : inherent home rule
- Limits on state control of municipalities : specific constitutional limitations
- Limits on state control of municipalities : constitutional and statutory home rule
- Relationship of municipalities to federal government
- Powers of municipalities
- Delegation of powers
- Municipal legislation : requirement of definiteness and certainty
- Municipal legislation : forms and procedures for enactment
- Territorial composition of municipalities
- Public officers
- Public employees
- Finances of local governments
- Local inducements to business and industry
- Local operation of utilities
- Local control of the use of property : zoning and related methods
- Municipal acquisition of property : eminent domain and other methods
- Urban renewal and public housing
- "Planning" at the local level
- Efforts to establish "new towns"
- Local regulation of trade, business, and other enterprises
- Local controls on criminal activity
- Local contractual and quasi-contractual liability
- Local government liability in tort and related theories
- Extraordinary actions and remedies as to local governments