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Law 7385 - Fall 2013

Kirk Fjelstul

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Office: Georgia Regional Transportation Authority
Marquis One Tower
245 Peachtree Center Ave., Suite 900
Atlanta, GA 30323-1223

Phone: (404) 463-3070
Professor: Kirk Fjelstul Class Times: TR, 10:30 am - 11:45 am
Syllabus: Course Syllabus | Location: Room 659
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Course Description

State and Local Government Law. Formerly Local Government Law. This course examines the relationship between local, state, and federal governments. It inludes a study of the sources and limits of local government authority in the context of constitutional and statutory law. Among the topics considered are delegation of state authority, government spending and financing, conflicts and preemption, the use of special purpose government entities, and annexation and incorporation.

Textbooks

Title (ed.) Author / Publisher / ISBN Availability
State and Local Government in a Federal System (7th) Mandleker / Matthew Bender / #9781422477700 GSU Bookstore
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Course materials

Week #9 Assignments

Updated: October 11, 2013, 2:28 pm

October 15,  2013 & October 17, 2013

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Chapter 5, pp. 362-383

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Chapter 5, pp. 402-425

Week #8 Assignments

Updated: October 3, 2013, 12:37 pm

October 8,  2013 & October 10, 2013

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Chapter 5, pp. 383-389, 398-402, 351-361

OCTOBER 10, 2013

NO CLASS

Week #7 Assignments

Updated: September 27, 2013, 3:05 pm

October 1,  2013 & October 3, 2013

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Chapter 5, pp. 284-307

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Chapter 5 pp. 307-322

Chapter 5, pp. 326-331

Week #6 Assisgnments

Updated: September 20, 2013, 3:46 pm

September 24,  2013 & September 26, 2013

 SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Chapter 4, pp. 238-262

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Chapter 4, pp. 262-280

Chapter 5, pp. 281-284

Week # 5 Assignments

Updated: September 13, 2013, 6:17 pm

September 17,  2013 & September 19, 2013

 SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Chapter 9, pp. 761-783

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Chapter 9, pp. 783-800

Chapter 4, pp. 235-238 (skip pp. 200-234)  

Week #4 Assignments

Updated: September 5, 2013, 2:47 pm

September 10,  2013 & September 12, 2013

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Chapter 3, pp. 158-182

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Chapter 3, pp. 183-200

Week # 3 Assignments

Updated: August 30, 2013, 8:22 am

September 3,  2013 & September 5, 2013

 

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Chapter 2, pp. 108-114

Chapter 3, pp. 115-132

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Chapter 3, pp. 133-157

Week #2 Assignments

Updated: August 23, 2013, 8:35 am

August 27, 2013 & August 29, 2013

 

AUGUST 27, 2013

Chapter 2, pp. 59-83
 

AUGUST 29, 2013

Chapter 2, pp. 84-107

First Week Assignments

Updated: August 15, 2013, 7:48 am | view entire item...view entire item
Preview:FIRST WEEK’S ASSIGNMENTS: - REQUIRED CASEBOOK:    Mandelker et al., State and Local Government in a Federal System (7th Edition, LexisNexis 2006) - AUGUST 20, 2013: - Georgia Constitution, Articles III & IX  (read to get a general sense of these provisions)Chapter 1, pp. 1-35 (all chapter references ...more...

Course Syllabus

Updated: August 15, 2013, 7:47 am | Filedownload file