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Local Government
282 published works
Thomson Reuters Law Blog
Setting the rules for AI at the IMLA Annual Conference: What local government attorneys need to know
By Jazmin.aguilar@thomsonreuters.com
Generative AI tools are showing up across city halls and county offices, and at this year’s IMLA Annual Conference, local government attorneys got a closer look at how to draw…
Kubernan Blog
Comment gouverner une crise à l’échelle locale ? Le cas de la déclaration de l’état d’urgence local au Québec
Par Javiera Araya-Moreno, chercheuse postdoctorale, Faculté de droit (UdeS), Évelyne Jean-Bouchard, professeure de droit (UdeS) et Dave Guénette, professeur de droit (UdeS). Le 16 juin 2025, le maire de Sainte-Élisabeth,…
SALT Shaker
California state tax procedures occupy the field: City’s administrative tax procedures preempted by the state’s Government Claims Act
By Jonathan Feldman, Emma Shokeir
In Tesoro Refining & Mktg. Co. LLC v. City of Carson, the California Supreme Court held that the Government Claims Act (GCA) preempts local governments from requiring taxpayers to comply…
North Carolina Criminal Law
New Statewide Legislation Regarding E-Bikes
This blog is a collaboration between School of Government faculty members focusing on municipal authority (Rebecca Fisher-Gabbard) and motor vehicle law (Belal Elrahal). Recently (purely for research purposes), Belal visited…
Critical Legal Thinking
Rhythmanalysis of the Palio di Siena: laws, territory, rituals, metamorphosis
Photo: Siena, Piazza del Campo 13 August 2026, first day of Palio. ©Maria, author’s cousin. Mid-August: some lazy thoughts from my sofa.“What if, in Siena, it didn’t stop raining until Christmas…
California Appellate Report
Los Angeles County ERA v. County of LA (Cal. Supreme Court – Aug. 3, 2026)
By Shaun Martin
This is an unusual 4-3 split opinion by the California Supreme Court. Unlike the United States Supreme Court, you don't routinely see such sharply split opinions from that tribunal.Plus, given…
Legal History Blog
Robert M. Ireland (1937-2026)
By Dan Ernst
Robert Michael Ireland has died. For forty-one years after he obtain his Ph.D. in history at the University of Nebraska--he had earlier received a JD from Stanford--Professor Ireland taught in…
Freedom & Ethics
CAN WE JUST CALL THEM DAs?: Vermont’s State’s Attorney Problem
By Ed Adrian
Vermont has fourteen counties and fourteen State’s Attorneys. None of them is the State’s Attorney for the entire State. That would be too easy. The official with statewide criminal authority…
Legal History Blog
Farbman, "Towns or Counties"
By karentanilegalhistoryblog-blogspot-com
Daniel Farbman (Boston College Law) has posted "Towns or Counties." The article appears in Volume 59, no. 3, of the Indiana Law Review. The abstract:The United States is a nation of…
Municipal Minute
Quorum Forum Podcast Ep. 106: Legislative Update
Ancel Glink has released Quorum Forum Podcast Episode 106: Legislative Update. The Illinois General Assembly recently concluded its spring legislative session and Ancel Glink’s Greg Jones and Tyler Smith join us…