The past decade has witnessed the emergence and rapid spread of a new and aggressive
form of state preemption of local government action across a wide range of subjects …

This Hornbook introduces the fundamentals of land use planning and control law. Subjects
covered include the planning process, zoning, development permission, subdivision control …

Localism, the discourse of local legal power and state-local relations, has returned to the
center of national attention, driven by gridlock at the federal level and sharply rising political …

States are increasingly responding to local governments' actions with preemptive legislation.
Scholars have tracked this trend through detailed examinations of laws preempting a variety …

This book offers an overview of the legal, political, and broad intergovernmental
environment in which relations between local and state units of government take place, the …

Throughout the United States, city residents are coming to the uncomfortable realization that
they have no right to local democracy. In just the past few years, state legislatures have …

This Note examines and identifies recent trends in the subject matter and tactics of recent
preemption legislation. It assesses these trends using some of the purported benefits of …

The first installment of this two-part Article series illustrated how the federal and state
lawmaking processes disadvantage urban areas.'That disadvantage accounts for the …

In 2020, the National League of Cities (" NLC") published the Principles of Home Rule for
the 21st Century (" Principles"),'a groundbreaking new vision of local-government legal …

The term" sanctuary" has long expressed a sympathy for immigrants' rights and resistance to
federal immigration enforcement. Recently, the word has become associated with another …