Nebraska Home Rule: The Record and Some Recommendations

I. Introduction II. The Nebraska Home Rule Experience: Summary III. The Nebraska Home Rule Charter and Its Development IV. Nebraska Home Rule City Statutory Charters V. Nebraska Home Rule and the Courts … A. The Municipal Affairs Doctrine … B. The Doctrine of Municipal Affairs—Subsidiary Rules … C. The Area of Statewide Concern VI. Home Rule and the Courts: Specific Applications and Analysis … A. Matters of Local Concern—The Current Picture … B. Matters of Statewide Concern—The Current Picture … C. Analysis VII. Recommendations and Conclusions … A. Proposed Constitutional Amendment … B. Another Alternative: Kansas Model