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- Creator
- by Osborne M. Reynolds, Jr
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Third edition
- St. Paul, MN. : West, [2009]
- ©2009
- Series
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 1113 pages ; 27 cm
- ISBNs
- 0314005323, 9780314005328
- OCLC
- ocn320272529
- Rev. ed. of: Handbook of local government law. 2nd ed. 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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