Cross on Local Government Law

Cross on Local Government Law is the definitive narrative text on local government law and has an established reputation among local government officers and lawyers. It provides a full and detailed account of local authorities' powers and duties in their many fields of operation.
The subject is exhaustively covered in four sections: 

1. Law of Local Government Administration; 
2. Finance;  
3. Services; 
4. Appendices.

• The leading work in its field
• Includes detailed lists and tables providing valuable guidance on the function and powers of local government
• Regularly updated

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• The legal framework of local authorities
• Acquisition of powers
• Local authority areas and status
• The administrative machinery of local authorities
• Acquisition, appropriation, disposal and development of land
• By-laws
• Best value and competition
• Tort, contracts and criminal liability
• Central control of local authorities
• Judicial control of local authorities and legal proceedings by and against local authorities
• Local elections
• Local authority finance
• The grant system
• Non-domestic rates
• Council tax
• Highways
• Housing
• Public health
• Education
• Health & social services
• Planning & urban regeneration
• Recreational services
• Police, fire and civil defence services
• Food, drugs and poisons, shops, consumer protection
• Water
• Local land charges
• Burials and cremation
• Miscellaneous powers duties and services
• Allocation of principal functions
• Principal powers and duties of parish and community councils

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