The issues facing Illinois cities are equally, if not more, important today as in 1970 and will require local leaders to be able to use all governance tools at their disposal. The ability of a municipality to raise revenue is arguably one of the most important expressly granted by home rule. Accordingly, the Stubhub case should be viewed with caution going forward, as it raises the possibility of potentially serious challenges to municipal home rule power in the future. This article, then, will do several things. First, it will give the reader a concise definition and history of the constitutional home rule powers in Illinois. Second, it will discuss the Stubhub case in more detail. Finally, the article will reflect upon the plight of Detro...
This Article will examine the effect of municipal home rule on the doctrines that have developed to ...
Politicians often lament the declining importance of local government in the United States. They po...
This Article examines the appropriate level of constitutional protection against outside governments...
The issues facing Illinois cities are equally, if not more, important today as in 1970 and will requ...
This Article examines and assesses the use of the home rule powers which were granted to local gover...
This article examines the popular notion that elected officials, particularly at the local level, ca...
This paper focuses on the question of whether home rule authority as granted under the Illinois Cons...
Abstract. This paper focuses on the question of whether home rule authority as granted under the Ill...
Abstract. This article examines the popular notion that elected officials, par-ticularly at the loca...
IMFG PaperSince the implementation of its 1970 Constitution, Illinois has granted home rule to any m...
This article examines the rise of new forms of state preemption of local government legal authority ...
Many Illinois municipalities impose exactions, or impact fees, on new housing developments. Appropri...
Recent years have seen high profile cases of municipal government failure and state takeover in Amer...
On July 1, 1971, for the first time home rule became an option available to Illinois municipalities...
In two seemingly antithetical trends, U.S. law increasingly recognizes corporate rights while denyin...
This Article will examine the effect of municipal home rule on the doctrines that have developed to ...
Politicians often lament the declining importance of local government in the United States. They po...
This Article examines the appropriate level of constitutional protection against outside governments...
The issues facing Illinois cities are equally, if not more, important today as in 1970 and will requ...
This Article examines and assesses the use of the home rule powers which were granted to local gover...
This article examines the popular notion that elected officials, particularly at the local level, ca...
This paper focuses on the question of whether home rule authority as granted under the Illinois Cons...
Abstract. This paper focuses on the question of whether home rule authority as granted under the Ill...
Abstract. This article examines the popular notion that elected officials, par-ticularly at the loca...
IMFG PaperSince the implementation of its 1970 Constitution, Illinois has granted home rule to any m...
This article examines the rise of new forms of state preemption of local government legal authority ...
Many Illinois municipalities impose exactions, or impact fees, on new housing developments. Appropri...
Recent years have seen high profile cases of municipal government failure and state takeover in Amer...
On July 1, 1971, for the first time home rule became an option available to Illinois municipalities...
In two seemingly antithetical trends, U.S. law increasingly recognizes corporate rights while denyin...
This Article will examine the effect of municipal home rule on the doctrines that have developed to ...
Politicians often lament the declining importance of local government in the United States. They po...
This Article examines the appropriate level of constitutional protection against outside governments...