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Who Rules At Home: One Person/One Vote And Local Governments, Richard Briffault
Who Rules At Home: One Person/One Vote And Local Governments, Richard Briffault
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Twenty-five years ago, in Avery v Midland County, the United States Supreme Court extended the one person/one vote requirement to local governments. Avery and subsequent decisions applying federal constitutional standards to local elections suggested a change in the legal status of local governments and appeared to signal a shift in the balance of federalism. Traditionally, local governments have been conceptualized as instrumentalities of the states. Questions of local government organization and structure were reserved to the plenary discretion of the states with little federal constitutional oversight. In contrast, Avery assumed that local governments are locally representative bodies, not simply …
Introduction (Symposium On Municipal Liability), Patricia E. Salkin
Introduction (Symposium On Municipal Liability), Patricia E. Salkin
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Regional Planning In New York State: A State Rich In National Models, Yet Weak In Overall Statewide Planning Coordination, Patricia E. Salkin
Regional Planning In New York State: A State Rich In National Models, Yet Weak In Overall Statewide Planning Coordination, Patricia E. Salkin
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