LEGAL EMPOWERMENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

This article examines the inefficacy of the present legal form of loca l government in the US, This inefficacy manifests itself by providing no solid legal mooring for the power of local government while contrib uting to regional economic inequalities, In an attempt to address this problem, the author suggests realigning local government to the neigh bourhood level while constructing a new tier of government to mitigate the negative economic consequences of such realignment.