This Article illustrates how contracts between local governments—interlocal agreements (ILAs)—play a powerful lawmaking function yet lack democratic accountability.  It traces the problem to state statutory schemes, where checks designed to promote transparency are ignored by state officials and courts, enabling undemocratic local power by virtue of state silence.

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地方立法漏洞

本文阐述了地方政府之间的合同——地方间协议（ILA）——如何发挥强大的立法功能但缺乏民主问责制。  它将问题追溯到州的法定计划，在该计划中，州官员和法院忽视了旨在提高透明度的检查，从而使地方权力因国家的沉默而变得不民主。