This handbook is your guide through the many levels of laws that comprise municipal law throughout Illinois. This handbook covers municipal labor laws, including a discussion about the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act; legal rules and principles applicable to municipal contracts; the journey involved with construction contracts; the police and regulatory powers possessed by municipalities; the various claims, defenses, and immunities that are available to municipalities in federal civil rights lawsuits; governmental tort liability and the immunities available to public entities and their employees in Illinois; Illinois home rule, focused mainly on government officials and attorneys concerns; and the importance of intergovernmental cooperation.
Stewart H. Diamond, Ancel Glink, Chicago, General Editor
Chapter 1 — Municipal Labor Law
Roy W. Carlson, Margaret Kostopulos, and Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer, Ancel Glink, Chicago
Chapter 2 — Contracts
Andrew J. Keyt and Jessica A. Pullen, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C., Peoria
Chapter 3 — Construction Contracts
Derke J. Price, Ancel Glink, Chicago
Chapter 4 — Municipal Litigation
Jeffrey M. Alperin, Goldberg Segalla, Chicago; John M. O’Driscoll and Caitlin A. Frenzer, Tressler LLP, Bolingbrook
Chapter 5 — Civil Rights Liability
Michael D. Bersani, Hervas, Condon & Bersani P.C., Itasca, and Thomas G. DiCianni, Ancel Glink, Chicago
Chapter 6 — Illinois Tort Immunity
Stewart H. Diamond, Thomas G. DiCianni, and Pedro Fregoso, Ancel Glink, Chicago
Chapter 7 — Home Rule
Steven D. Mahrt and Kurt Asprooth, Ancel Glink, Chicago
Chapter 8 — Intergovernmental Cooperation
Michael J. Smoron, Brandy S. Quance, and Ruth A. Schlossberg, Zukowski, Rogers, Flood & McArdle, Crystal Lake
Chapter 9 — Representing a Home-Rule Municipality
Eric G. Pratt, Robbins, Salomon & Patt, Ltd., Chicago
