Includes a wide range of textual material, both excerpts from other writings, and wide-ranging notes written for this book. Many areas of emphasis in earlier editions have now become individual courses in many schools, such as Land Use and Regulation, Constitutional Law, and Civil Rights. While retaining important material in those areas, this casebook expands its coverage of the materials customarily allocated to Local Government Law and emphasizes areas not the focus of separate law school courses. Offers the choice in areas of emphasis which meet interest and experience without sacrificing important and necessary basic exposure.