Local Government Constitutional and Administrative Law, 2nd Edition

Providing a comprehensive account of local government’s legal and administrative framework, Local Government Constitutional and Administrative Law:

• Describes in detail the principles that run through all local authority decision-making
• Looks at the core issues common to local authorities including: the way they come into existence, by reference to statute, their relationship with central government and general powers common to them
• Includes local government finance law, the law governing how authorities determine their performance levels
• Covers the liability and accountability, in law, of authorities, members and officers, both before the courts and by way of statutory supervision or accountability through local inquiries, external audit and Ombudsmen
• Examines the rules which govern the way local authorities operate by administrative, European, domestic discrimination, and local audit
• Takes into account the many constitutional and legal changes that have occurred recently in local government law
• Anticipates the changes that the government is proposing and its effect on local government functions