M. David Gelfand

• Federal constitutional law and American local government
• Half a century of municipal decline, 1935-1985
• State and local taxation and finance in a nutshell
• Constitutional litigation under section 1983
• Half a Century of Municipal Decline
• Legal dimensions of intergovernmental relations
• Recent developments in voting rights in the U.S
• State & local government debt financing
• State and Local Government Debt Financing
• Suing and defending cities for federal constitutional violations