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Local Government Law, Cases and Materials, 6th

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ISBN-10: 1628100281

ISBN-13: 9781628100280

Edition: 6th 2015

Authors: Gerald Frug, Richard Ford, David Barron

List price: $248.00
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This law school casebook focuses on the advantages and difficulties involved in decentralizing power to cities (the city-state and city-federal relationships), the city-suburb divide (including the topics of sprawl and regionalism), and the structure of city government itself (issues like raising revenue, service delivery, economic development, and voting). The casebook combines case law with extensive excerpts from the urban studies literature, including history, political science, sociology, and planning. The new edition will update existing topics and will add material on important new issues, most notably state receivership and municipal bankruptcy. It will also include readings on…    
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Book details

List price: $248.00
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: West Academic
Publication date: 11/7/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 1026
Size: 7.50" wide x 10.00" long
Weight: 4.4
Language: English

Clarissa Rile Hayward is associate professor of political science at Washington University in St. Louis.Todd Swanstrom is Des Lee Professor of Community Collaboration and Public Policy Administration at the University of Missouri, St. Louis.