The study of local government today
Units of local government
Forms of government within local units
Limits on state control of municipalities: inherent home rule
Limits on state control of municipalities: specific constitutional limitations
Limits on state control of municipalities: constitutional and statutory home rule
Relationship of municipalities to federal government
Powers of municipalities
Delegation of powers
Municipal legislation: requirement of definiteness and certainty
Municipal legislation: forms and procedures for enactment
Territorial composition of municipalities
Public officers
Public employees
Finances of local governments
Local inducements to business and industry
Local operation of utilities
Local control of the use of property: zoning and related methods
Municipal acquisition of property: eminent domain and other methods
Urban renewal and public housing
"Planning" at the local level
Efforts to establish "new towns"
Local regulation of trade, business, and other enterprises
Local controls on criminal activity
Local contractual and quasi-contractual liability
Local government liability in tort and related theories
Extraordinary actions and remedies as to local governments.