8th Semester Integrated BBA LL.B (Hons) - Law Of Local Self-Government - Notes, Question Papers and Syllabus
Law Of Local Self-Government
Unit I
Local Government System In The Legal Structure – Powers And Functions – Governmental And Judicial Control Over Local Government.
Unit II
Evolution Of Panchayati Raj System In India – Historical Perspective – Village Panchayats In Ancient India – Gandhiji’s Ideas On Village Panchayat As A Unit Of Self-Government – Constituent Assembly’s Response – Nature, Scope And Spirit Of Article 40 Of The Constitution.
Unit III
Development Of Panchayati Raj Institutions In The Post-Constitutional Period – Experiments In Democratic Decentralisation – Belwant Rai Mehta Committee Report – Ashok Mehta Committee Report – Emergence Of Panchayati Raj As A Constitutional System – 73rd Constitutional Amendment – Its Implications And Consequential Developments.
Unit IV
The Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 – Structure Of Panchayat Raj Institutions At Various Levels – Composition – Election Of Office Bearers – Meetings Of Various Bodies.
Unit V
Powers And Functions Of Panchayat Raj Institutions – Financial Powers – Finance Commission – Tax Collection – Welfare Activities – Governmental And Judicial Control Over Panchayat Raj Institutions.
Suggested Readings
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Venkata Rangaiya (Ed.) – Local Government In India
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William A. Robson – Local Government In Crisis
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Radhakumud Mookerji – Local Government In Ancient India
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IIPA – Proposal For Model Legislation For Municipal Corporations