John Stanton

Law, Localism, and the Constitution

A Comparative Perspective

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides a comparative analysis of local government within the context of constitutional law across the UK jurisdictions and the wider world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9781138387546
• ISBN-10: 1138387541
• Artikelnr.: 60000390

Autorenporträt

John Stanton is a Senior Lecturer in Law at City, University of London, UK. He lectures on constitutional law and comparative constitutional law and is the co-author of a leading public law textbook. John's first monograph - Democratic Sustainability in a New Era of Localism was published by Routledge in 2014. John is regularly invited to speak internationally on local government, democracy, and devolution, and was recently asked to give oral evidence to the parliamentary Select Committee on Housing, Communities, and Local Government. John is also interested in the Constitution of Malta.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I - HISTORY
LAW
AND CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATION. 1 Introduction. 2 A legal and constitutional history of local government. 3 Local government
subsidiarity
and the Constitution. PART II - LOCAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES
DEMOCRACY
AND MONEY. 4 Councils
councillors
and mayors. 5 Local elections and citizen engagement. 6 Local government finance. PART III - CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM. 7 Relations between central
devolved
and local government. 8 A new constitutional settlement for local government. APPENDICES - THE SURVEYS AND THE COUNCILS