1st Edition

The Town Clerk in English Local Government

By T. E. Headrick Copyright 1962
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

The chief administrative officer? A legal adviser? A mere keeper of the records? What is the true role of the English Town Clerk who for centuries has been the leading official in the country’s great towns and cities. Originally published in 1962, this volume surveys in detail their duties, and the problems and opportunities facing them at the time. The Town Clerk is the council’s leading... Read more

Preface.  1. The Town Clerk: A Brief Look at His Past  2. The Town Clerk: Statutory and Judicial Conceptions  3. The Town Clerk: His Training and Career  4. The Town Clerk and the Elected Representatives: I  5. The Town Clerk and the Elected Representatives: II  6. The Town Clerk and His Department  7. The Town Clerk as Co-ordinator  8. The Town Clerk and the Outside World  9. Some Concluding Comments.  Index.

Biography

Thomas E. Headrick was a scholar and academic leader. Before serving as Law Dean and later Provost at the University at Buffalo, he was Vice President for Academic Affairs at Lawrence University and Special Projects Dean at Stanford Law School. Headrick holds degrees from Franklin & Marshall, Yale, Stanford, and Oxford where he was a Fulbright Scholar. For his efforts in fostering interdisciplinary teaching and research and authoring works on law, government, politics and the economy, he was designated a SUNY Distinguished Service Professor.