STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE

LAW 795

Study the allocation of authority within and between state and local governments. Begin with analysis of state constitutions and the three branches of state government. Study how state and local governments interact, covering home rule and intrastate preemption as well as conflicts between localities. Analyze how local governments are financed. Consider the practical, normative, and theoretical implications of current doctrines and policies and explore how state and local government law plays out in the context of contemporary disputes, including over housing, education, and more.

LAW 868

Survey of state and local tax law, principally income taxes, sales and use taxes, and property taxes. Explores the typical statutory structures under which these taxes are imposed. Significant emphasis will be given to policy issues faced by state and local governmental bodies.

PUBAFFR 892

Provides an understanding of budget preparation, adoption and execution; proposed reforms of the budget process; and competing theories of the politics of budgeting. Focuses on the expenditure aspect of budgeting.

URBRPL 751

State and local financial planning with emphasis on the functional importance of expenditure; special problems in financing city and metropolitan governments; intergovernmental fiscal relations and the use of various budgetary techniques as integral parts of the planning process.

PUBAFFR 200

Offers a general primer on large-scale policies directed by US federal and state governments, with specific examples in pressing policy areas. Takes existing policies and the policy process as a given, explains them in detail, and puts a policy focus on very specific contemporary questions of concern to policymakers. Gain a broad overall knowledge of how the majority of state and federal funding is spent and the policy outcomes associated with that spending.