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The list below includes the key internet links mentioned by Susan Nevelow
Mart and Linda Weir in Prof. Delventhal's Local Government Clinic on February 4, 2008. In addition, information is included regarding
municipal law treatises and other print resources available in the Hastings
College of the Law Library.
The Seattle
Public Library hosts Municipal
Codes Online, a page of links to free, searchable city and county
codes, organized by state.
California
Local Codes And Charters at the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental
Studies Library: The IGS Library maintains a large depository
collection of local ordinance codes and charters issued by California
cities and counties. Their web site includes a list of currently
available codes and charters issued in loose-leaf format; links are
provided to electronic editions, when available.
The U.S.
Conference of Mayors allows you to search its Best Practices of
City Government site. You can keyword search recent issues in municipal
government, which may include references to the enabling ordinances.
Public
Technology, Inc. (PTI), is the non-profit technology organization
for all cities and counties in the United States. The National League
of Cities, the National Association of Counties, and the International
City/County Management Association, three primary local government associations,
provide PTI with its policy direction, while a select group of city
and county members conduct applied R&D and technology transfer functions.
League
of California Cities provides services including legislative advocacy
on behalf of cities, educational programs and materials on subjects
of concern to city officials, and an important research and information
exchange. The League of California Cities publishes the Western City
Magazine; current and archived articles and legal notes are online
and searchable at http://www.westerncity.com.
Institute
for Local Self Government is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization
committed to making California a better place to live and work. As the
research arm of the League of California Cities, the Institute engages
in research and education to promote and strengthen the processes of
self-governance at the regional, local and community levels.
The Urban
Institute investigates social and economic problems confronting
the nation and analyzes efforts to solve these problems. The Institute
seeks to increase Americans' awareness of important public choices and
improve the formulation and implementation of government decisions.
Much of its research is available to the public at their web site.
San
Francisco Municipal Codes are available on the Internet; each code
is in a separate searchable database published by American Legal Publishing
Corporation.
Search
Hastings
Online Catalog for additional titles. Pointer:
Try the "keywords" search option on the Library catalog
and use the "limit" feature to restrict your search.
Search
other Library
Catalogs (including FirstSearch)
for additional print resources. Items that are found at other libraries
may be obtained through Interlibrary Loan.
San
Francisco Ordinances:
The San
Francisco City Charter and the City and County of San Francisco
Municipal Code are available at the Reference Desk.
Treatises:
Antieau,
Chester J., Antieau on Local Government Law, 2d ed. New York:
Matthew Bender & Co., 1998- (7 vols., looseleaf; supplemented
three times annually; highly regarded treatise on local government
law.) KF5300.A6 A52 Fifth Floor Stacks. Available on LEXIS.
Coates,
Timothy T., California Government Tort Liability, 4th ed. Berkeley,California:
Continuing Education of the Bar, 1999. KFC332 C35 Research Alcove. Available in the CEB OnLAW database.
Gelfand, M. David, Suing and Defending Cities for Federal Constitutional
Violations: a Treatise for City Attorneys and Public Interest Litigators.
New York: Lexis Publishers, 2005. KF5300 .G452 Research Alcove.
Krane,
Dale, Home Rule in America: a Fifty State Handbook. Washington,
D.C.: CQ Press, 2001. KF5305.Z95 K73 2001 Fifth Stacks.
League
of California Cities, The California Municipal Law Handbook.
Sacramento: The League, 2004. This handbook provides municipal law
practitioners a ‘source of first resort' in researching a given
area of California municipal law. KFC752A49 Research Alcove.
Matthews,
Thomas and Bryon Matthews, Matthews Municipal Ordinances. St
Paul, MN: West Group (Clark Boardman Callaghan), 1961-1991- (7 vols.
with annual pocket supplements; guide to the law and drafting of municipal
ordinances.) KF5313.M342 Fifth Floor Stacks. Also available on Westlaw; the
database identifier is MUNIORD.
McQuillin,
Eugene, The Law of Municipal Corporations, 3d ed. St. Paul,
MN: West Group (Clark Boardman Callaghan), 1978- (20 vols. with annual
pocket supplements; definitive work in the field of municipal corporation
law.) KF5305.M34 Fifth Floor Stacks. Also available on Westlaw;
the database identifier is MUNICORP.
Moore,
Ralph J., Municipal Legal Forms with Commentary. St. Paul,
MN: West Group (Clark Boardman Callaghan), 1964- (9 vols. with annual
pocket supplements; commentary in each chapter includes a section
entitled "Suggestions and Reminders.") KF5305.A3 M6 Fifth Floor Stacks.
Also available on Westlaw; the database identifier is MUNI-LF.
Sands,
C. Dallas & Libonati, Michael E., Local Government Law.
St Paul, MN: West Group (Clark Boardman Callaghan), 1981- 4 vols.,
looseleaf; supplemented annually; includes extensive citations to
primary and secondary authorities; an excellent treatise on local
government law for both municipal attorneys and elected municipal
officials.) KF5300.S26 Fifth FloorStacks. Also available
on Westlaw; the database identifier is LOCGOVTLAW.
Singer, Norman J., Statutes and Statutory Construction, 6th ed.
Deerfield, IL: Clark Boardman Callaghan, 2000- (4 vols. with annual pocket supplements. This is the latest
edition of Sutherland Statutory Construction and is the leading
treatise on the subject.) KF425.S9 1992 Fifth Floor Stacks.
Also available on Westlaw; the database identifier is SUTHERLAND. Also see the annotations to California Code of Civil Procedure sections 1858 (Lexis) Westlaw and 1859 (Lexis) Westlaw , which govern statutory construction in California.
(For additional
listings and evaluative information, see the section on "Municipal
Corporations" in: Svengalis, Kendall, The Legal Information
Buyer's Guide and Reference Manual, Barrington, R.I.: Rhode Island
Law Press, 2007. KF1.S84 Reference Desk.
Specialized
Publications:
California,
Cities, Towns & Counties. Palo Alto, CA: Hornwood Press, c1987-
(Annual) "basic data profiles for all 440 municipalities and
58 counties." HA267.C3 Fourth Floor Reading Room.
Grodin,
Joseph R., The California State Constitution: A Reference Guide
/ Joseph R. Grodin, Calvin R. Massey, and Richard B. Cunningham; foreward
by Malcolm M. Lucas. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, c1993. KFC680.
1879 .A6.G76 Fourth Floor Reading Room and Sixth Floor Stacks.
Municipal
Year Book. Washington [etc.] : International City Management Association,
1934- (Annual) JS342.A2 I52 Fifth Floor Stacks. (Includes topical essays,
directories, and annual surveys such as Salaries of Municipal
Officials.)
IMLA
Model Ordinance Service. [New ed., c1994- ] Washington, D.C.:
International Municipal Lawyers Association. (1 volume, looseleaf
with periodic supplementation.) "comprehensive collection of
model ordinances, editor's comments, annotations, and drafting guidelines
covering a variety of current local government topics." KF5313.A6.N386
Fifth Floor Stacks.
Current
Municipal Problems. St. Paul, MN : West, a Thompson Business;
published quarterly. "A selection of articles and information
highlighting administrative and legal issues meeting the needs of
local government officials." (vol.1 (1959/76) - to date.) KF5305.A5
C87 Fifth Floor Stacks; current year at the Circulation Desk.
Municipal
Lawyer. Washington, DC : International Municipal Lawyers Association;
published bimonthly. (vol. 37 (1996) - to date.) KF5322.A15 M82 Fifth Floor Stacks; current
available at the Circulation Desk.
Shepard's
Ordinance Law Annotations. (St Paul, MN: Thomson/West) (Volumes
with an annual softbound cumulative supplement.) "a comprehensive
digest of American cases that interpret or apply city and county ordinances."
KF5313.S5 First Floor Library Stacks.
State
and Local Governments is a comprehensive index of state and local
government information on the Internet that is maintained by the Library
of Congress. The index has links to the best and most comprehensive
collections of state and local government information currently available
on the Internet.
State
and Local Government on the Net, although not maintained by a local
or state government agency, includes links to a wide variety of state
and local agency web sites, and can be a useful place to look when you
are looking for out-of-state information.
State
and County QuickFacts is a source of comparative information on
local government, with an easy to use subject guide.
The
Council of State Governments, a nonpartisan organization that promotes
excellence in state government, maintains an index of state web pages
available on the Internet.
The
Local Government Environmental Assistance Network is a site developed
by a partnership of organizations, including the National Association
of Counties, the International Municipal Lawyers Association, the Air
& Waste Management Association, and the Public Entity Risk Institute.
The site provides environmental planning, management, funding, and regulatory
information for local governments.
The Government
Innovators Network is hosted by the John F. Kennedy School of Government's
Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University.
The site has news and resources on a variety of topics of interest to
local and state governments, including economic and community development,
health and social services, public infrastructure, and finance.
Official
California Legislative Information is the official site for California
legislative information maintained by the Legislative Counsel of California,
pursuant to California law. There is a great deal of useful information
available at this site including:
"Bill
Information" , which includes the full text of bills, resolutions,
and constitutional amendments, with status, history, votes, analyses,
and veto messages. This is a great source for California legislative
history information for bills from 1993 through current.
"Today's
Events" , which includes the daily legislative calendar.
"California
Law", which includes the current California
Code.
The unofficial
California Code of Regulations
(CCR) Web site contains the text of the regulations that have been
formally adopted by state agencies, reviewed and approved by the Office
of Administrative Law, and filed with the Secretary of State. The Official
version known as Barclays Official California Code of Regulations, is
available in looseleaf printed format at the Hastings Law Library in
the Reserve Room.
FindLaw
California provides a short directory with links to most of the
important California legal information available on the Internet
California
Government Legal Information indexed by Yahoo. This site provides
links to the California Code and to various directories of California
legal information.
GPO
Access is the official online Federal Government information service
provided by the U.S. Government Printing Office. GPO Access provides
access to the full-text of numerous government publications including:
The Federal Register; The Congressional Record; Congressional
Bills, House & Senate Calendars, Congressional Reports; the Congressional
Directory; Public Laws; the U.S. Government Manual; and the
United States Code.
Thomas
- Legislative Information on the Internet is a service provided
by the Library of Congress. It contains the full text of all versions
of House and Senate bills from the 101st Congress through the current
Congress, as well as the full text of The Congressional Record
since the 101st Congress. Thomas also includes Committee Reports
and numerous historical congressional documents.
Congressional
Universe is a subscription database available only at Hastings.
It includes bills, hearings, testimony, full legislative histories,
and related Federal publications, many of which are full text.
FindLaw
is a great starting point for finding legal information on the Internet
The main feature of this site is "LawCrawler",
a unique search engine that searches only legal resources available
on the Internet.
Yahoo
- Law is a quick way to see the current law-related resources indexed
by Yahoo. This searchable index is constantly updated to add new Internet
resources. Both the entire Yahoo index and the individual "law"
index can be searched by keyword.
Last updated
February 12, 2008
Prepared by Susan Nevelow Mart, Faculty Services Librarian. Contact
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