Law, Governance, Philippines 

This book is primarily intended for the use of elected officials and bureaucrats of the provincial, city, municipal, and barangay governments as a resource material on legal provisions and judicial precedents in the area of local governance. This book can likewise serve as a handy reference for practicing lawyers, law teachers, bar reviewees, and law scholars.

 

CONTENTS:

CHAPTER I: Historical perspective and context
CHAPTER II: Essential characteristics of local governments
CHAPTER III: Local governments differentiated from other public corporations
CHAPTER IV: Autonomous regions
CHAPTER V: Creation, Conversion, and Cessation of Local Government Units
CHAPTER VI: Understanding the notion of local autonomy
CHAPTER VII: Local autonomy and national integration
CHAPTER VIII: Inter-local government relations
CHAPTER IX: Police power
CHAPTER X: Power of eminent domain
CHAPTER XI: Power of Taxation
CHAPTER XII: Corporate power
CHAPTER XIII: Local legislation
CHAPTER XIV: Local administration: Elective officials
CHAPTER XV: Local Bureaucracy: Appointive officials
CHAPTER XVI: Local Government Finance
CHAPTER XVII: Public Accountability of local officials
CHAPTER XVIII: Local initiative and recall
CHAPTER XIX: The barangay
CHAPTER XX: Analytical survey of recent supreme court decisions 

Note: Includes bibliographical references