Local Government Structure through a Legal Lens: Conversations of Law and Local Governance

PREFATORY MATERIAL

Introduction
Nestor M. Davidson

ARTICLES

The Impossibility of Local Police Reform
Ava Ayers

Do Investors Care about Municipal Debtors’ Access to Bankruptcy? Evidence from Bond Disclosures
Mitu Gulati & Richard C. Schragger

Debating Debates: A Discussion of the New York City Campaign Finance Board’s Debate Eligibility Requirements for Citywide Elections
Joseph Gallagher & Caitlin Toto

Emergency Rule: A New Paradigm for State and Local Governance?
Paul A. Diller

Annexation’s Long Good-Bye
Nadav Shoked

Plantation Localism
Daniel Farbman

RESPONSES OR COMMENTS

Reporting Sexual Assault: What Privileges Should Exist in Defamation Suits Stemming from a Police Report?
Katharine Rubery

Water & Pizza: What Would Alexander Hamilton Think?
Sarah Wiik

NOTES

Budgeting for Exoneree Compensation: Indemnifying Exonerees Not Officials to Deter Future Wrongful Convictions
Mackenzie Philbrick

The Superficial Application of Originalism in Dobbs: Could a More Comprehensive Approach Protect Abortion Rights?
Amanda Trau