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Preventing Preemption: Finding Space For States To Regulate Consumers’ Credit Reports, Elizabeth D. De Armond
Preventing Preemption: Finding Space For States To Regulate Consumers’ Credit Reports, Elizabeth D. De Armond
BYU Law Review
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Local Home Rule In The Time Of Globalization, Kenneth A. Stahl
Local Home Rule In The Time Of Globalization, Kenneth A. Stahl
BYU Law Review
Cities are increasingly taking the lead in tackling global issues like climate change, financial regulation, economic inequality, and others that the federal and state governments have failed to address. Recent media accounts have accordingly praised cities as the hope of our globally networked future. This optimistic appraisal of cities is, however, undermined by local governments’ cramped legal status. Under the doctrine of home rule, local governments can often only act in matters deemed “local” in nature and cannot regulate “statewide” issues that may have impacts beyond local borders. As a result, the global issues that local governments are being praised …