The Progressive City

Publisher

Papers from the Eleventh Annual Liman Public Interest Program Colloquium

Date

2009

Citation

Richard C. Schragger, The Progressive City, Why the Local Still Matters: Federalism, Localism, and Public Interest Advocacy Papers from the Eleventh Annual Liman Public Interest Program Colloquium (2009).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Richard C. Schragger

Constitutional Law

Center for the Study of Race and Law

PLACE: Program in Law, Communities and the Environment

Center for the First Amendment

Karsh Center for Law and Democracy

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