- Preface
- Chapter
- Local Governing Power—General Aspects, Limitations, Resolution of Power Conflicts and Challenges
- Introduction
- Sources of Local Governing Powers
- Limitations on State Power Over Municipal Corporations
- Resolution of Competing Power Considerations
- Formation of the Local Government, Alteration, Boundary Changes; Some Problems of Organization and Operation—Officers, Employees, Allocation and Delegation of Functions, Elections
- Some Aspects of Organization and Alteration Choices
- Considerations Common to Statutory Incorporation or Alteration Procedures
- Formation of the Local Governing Unit
- Alteration, Boundary Changes
- Some Problems of Organization and Operation— Officers, Employees, Allocation and Delegation of Functions, Elections and Referenda
- Regulation of Conduct and the Use of Land
- The Police Power
- Regulation of Land Use
- Acquisition, Limitations on Use, and Disposition of Goods, Services and Property
- Acquisition by Contract
- Other Methods of Property Acquisition—Gift, Dedication, Adverse Possession, Prescription and User
- Acquisition Under Eminent Domain
- Some Limitations on Municipal Use of Acquired Property
- Disposition and Loss of Municipal Property
- Revenues
- Local Revenue Raising
- Local Taxes
- Non–Tax Revenue Raising Devices
- Borrowing
- Some Additional Considerations Relevant to Municipal Expenditures
- Considerations Pertinent to Citizen Litigation With Local Governments
- Citizen Tort Claims Against the Local Government
- Claims Against the Local Government Under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983
- Standing
- Index
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