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Are The Illinois Labor Department's Administrative Fines Unconstitutional?

Yesterday, the Illinois Supreme Court granted leave to appeal in four new civil cases. We begin our previews of these newest additions to the court’s docket with Bartlow v. Costigan, which raises a variety of constitutional...more

UPDATE: Charter City Not Required To Pay Prevailing Wage On Municipal Construction Projects

In a decision strongly upholding the municipal home rule doctrine, the California Supreme Court held that charter cities are not subject to state prevailing wage requirements for purely local construction projects. The Court...more

California Supreme Court Rules That State’s Prevailing Wage Law Is Not Quite So Prevailing: Charter Cities Need Not Require...

On July 2, 2012, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in State Building and Constructions Trades Councils of California, AFL – CIO v. City of Vista, No. S173586. The court held that locally funded...more

Rb. Amsterdam 13 april 2011, JB 2011/183 m.nt. H.P. Wiersema en J.J.R. Lautenbach

Algemeen verbindend voorschrift, Concretiserend besluit van algemene strekking, Geen zelfstandige normstelling...more

Patrick McKillen -v- NAMA - High Court - Dellway Investments Ltd and others -v- National Asset Management Agency Ireland.pdf

Patrick McKillen -v- NAMA - High Court - Dellway Investments Ltd and others -v- National Asset Management Agency Ireland.pdf

The court's task was to interpret the NAMA Act 2009 (National Asset Management Agency Act 2009), apply the Act to the facts of Mr McKillen's case and to determine whether the Act, as so interpreted, was within the bounds of...more

Rogers Towers: Judge Declares Senate Bill 360 Unconstitutional

A trial judge in Tallahassee has struck down Senate Bill 360, approved by the Legislature and Governor in 2009. As you may remember, Senate Bill 360 provided several forms of growth management relief in response to the market...more

Kenny -v- An Bord Pleanála

High Court decision of Mr. Justice Cooke

This is an ex parte application by the plaintiff for liberty to issue a plenary summons in the Central Office of the High Court in a proceeding to be brought against the above named defendant in which it is proposed to claim...more

Direito à moradia e direito ao meio ambiente equilibrado: olhar sobre o espaço urbano de Vicente Pires

A Constituição Federal brasileira engloba entre seus direitos sociais o direito à moradia. Mais do que um teto para morar, o direito à moradia abarca a promoção de infra-estrutura básica e adequada, a qualidade do meio...more

Parques urbanos: a natureza na cidade - uma análise da percepção dos atores urbanos

Parques urbanos têm sido criados em todo o mundo desde o século XVIII, com objetivos de amenizar os problemas sociais e ambientais citadinos gerados pelo crescimento urbano desordenado. Esses espaços...more