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Local Government Law, Cases and Materials

7th Edition
Gerald E. Frug | Richard T. Ford | David J. Barron | Michelle W. Anderson
ISBN: 9781684673384
Subject: Local Government
Format: Print - Hardbound
Page Count: 1036
Copyright: 2022 | Status: In Stock
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Law students are increasingly drawn to local government law as an alternative to federal partisan gridlock. This law school casebook is built around three central thematic issues in the field: (1) How much power should cities have, relative to states or the federal government (the decentralization question)? (2) How can cities coordinate with each other across a city-suburb divide, in the context of regional inequality, racial segregation, and sprawl? (3) How should city governments be structured and managed internally, in terms of raising revenue, delivering services (including police), attracting jobs, and voting? The casebook answers these questions using case law as well as excerpts from the urban studies literature (including history, political science, sociology, and planning). The new edition retains the original vision and structure of this casebook, while also offering a comprehensive doctrinal update of fast-moving questions like the state/local preemption wars, as well as new material related to gentrification, racial segregation, the abuse of power through local fines and fees, and conflicts over policing. It is well suited to mixed classrooms with law and non-law students.


Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: American Casebook Series
Publication Date: 08/01/2022

Gerald E. Frug, Harvard University Law School

Richard T. Ford, Stanford Law School

David J. Barron, Harvard University Law School

Michelle W. Anderson, Stanford Law School

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The new edition includes an overall doctrinal/policy update as well as improved racial diversity among the excerpted authors. Specifically, it includes new cases and materials on the following topics:

  • state legislative grants of local authority
  • state preemption and local defenses to assertions of state power
  • the relationship of cities to the federal government
  • the relationship of cites and suburbs
  • urban gentrification, suburban poverty, homelessness and neighborhood change
  • the ability of cities to favor their residents over non-residents
  • sprawl and urban growth boundaries
  • exploitative local fines and fees
  • development impact fees
  • city property ownership and privatization
  • policing and immigration policy

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