Fighting for the city
Subtitle: a history of the New York City corporation counsel
By: By William E. Nelson.
Publisher: New York Law Journal in association with the Law Department and the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City; New York Law Journal
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9781588521507
Subjects: New York (N.Y.). -- Law Dept. -- History; Justice, Administration of -- New York (State) -- New York -- History; City attorneys -- New York (State) -- New York (State) -- New York
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: New York's recorder 1686-1801; title: Creating the Office of Corporation Counsel 1801-1875; title: Creating the Law Department 1875-1898; title: The Law Department in Greater New York 1898-1917; title: Towards a new deal 1918-1933; title: Laguardia reform 1934-1945; title: Postponing the reckoning 1946-1965; title: The noble experiment and its failure 1965-1977; title: Reviving the city and reconstructing the Law Department 1978-1986; title: Reconstructing city government : campaign finance, the new charter, and term limits 1986-1993.