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Local government law /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reynolds, Osborne M
Other Authors: Reynolds, Osborne M.
Format: Printed Book
Published: Minnesota: West Academic Publishing, 2015.
Edition:4th ed.
Series:Hornbook series
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.vitalsource.com/products/reynolds-39-local-government-law-4th-hornbook-reynolds-osborne-v9780314208064
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.