More specifically, the seminar will examine the forms and structures of local government, problems of defining local communities in functional and geographic terms, the relationships between local communities and the state, local governmental delivery of services and coping with special problems of poverty and race, and various strategies for the financing of provided services. Most specifically, and with variable emphasis, the seminar will treat some of the more recent developments in local government law and scholarship. Among a range of interesting problems, the seminar will study topics which may include constitutional restraints on boundary making, standards for municipal incorporation, annexation and boundary adjustments, the tension between a state's plenary power and the governance rights of localities, and the sources of local government revenue. The course involves a study of tax treatment with respect to the formation, operation and termination of general and limited partnerships. Class discussion is held concerning the definition of the partnership and the possible treatment of a partnership as an association.
Frequent reference is made to various tax partner arrangements.
The Master of Laws Thesis is a writing option course for full-time LL.M. students in the concentration of International Law. Students electing this option will take six credits over two semesters for concentrated written research under the supervision of a faculty member. To earn credit, the student must produce a written product of publishable quality in International Law. The Master of Laws Thesis is a writing option course for part-time LL.M. students in the concentration of International Law. Students electing this option will take six credits over three of the four semesters in the part-time program for concentrated written research under the supervision of a faculty member.