Local Government Law
Local Government Law

Author: Gerald A. Fisher

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-05-23

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1000379736

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Local Government Law provides a unique resource with concise, easy-to-understand explanations of important legal issues faced by local public officials, community boards, and city councils. From the moment officials take office, they face decisions related to basic principles found in state and federal law. The same is true for those in the private sector aiming to work successfully with local governments. This practical guidebook will empower public and private representatives with a functional grasp of legal principles, with chapters explaining what a local government is, the requirement to follow due process, local land use controls, the basics of the Freedom of Information Act, and many other important subjects that regularly arise. As a practical guidebook on local government law, this book provides a basic and empowering understanding for officials and private actors in the local government arena.

Financing Local Government
Financing Local Government

Author: Nick Devas

Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9780850928532

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Decentralisation is now taking place in the public administrations of most countries of the world. This book explores the variety of methods used to ensure that fiscal decentralisation takes place alongside administrative decentralisation.

Principles for Local Government Legislation
Principles for Local Government Legislation

Author: Graham Sansom

Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 184929089X

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This study is designed to help local government practitioners in Pacific island countries review and strengthen their existing legislative and regulatory frameworks. It identifies best practice, examines case studies of Fiji, Solomon Islands and Samoa, and presents ten key principles for effective legislation.

Law and Government in England during the Long Eighteenth Century
Law and Government in England during the Long Eighteenth Century

Author: D. Lemmings

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-10-28

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 0230354408

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Over the long eighteenth century English governance was transformed by large adjustments to the legal instruments and processes of power. This book documents and analyzes these shifts and focuses upon the changing relations between legal authority and the English people.