Treaty-Making for Standards of Local Government: The European Charter of Local Self-Government and its Possible Application Beyond Europe

Himsworth, Chris M.G.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1938255

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Treaty-Making for Standards of Local Government: The European Charter of Local Self-Government and its Possible Application Beyond Europe

C.M.G. Himsworth

University of Edinburgh - School of Law

October 4, 2011

U. of Edinburgh School of Law Working Paper No. 2011/24

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The paper takes a critical look at the application of the European Charter of Local Self-Government 1985 and considers the question whether its terms and mode of implementation have the potential for application beyond (the countries of the Council of) Europe.

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Keywords: Law, public law, autonomy, local self-government, local government, European Charter of Local Self-Government

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Date posted: October 4, 2011

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Himsworth, C.M.G., Treaty-Making for Standards of Local Government: The European Charter of Local Self-Government and its Possible Application Beyond Europe (October 4, 2011). U. of Edinburgh School of Law Working Paper No. 2011/24. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1938255 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1938255

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