Document Type
Article
Publication Title
University of Bridgeport Law Review
Abstract
Four years after settling along the banks of the Connecticut river, the residents of the Towns of Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield joined together to found the Colony of Connecticut in 1639. Central control was placed in the General Court, the predecessor to Connecticut's General Assembly. No thought, however, was given to dismantling the towns' governmental functions. From the outset the founders realized that it was necessary for the General Court to devise a method for delegating certain powers to the towns and to give content to this delegated authority.
First Page
177
Publication Date
1983
Recommended Citation
Janice C. Griffith, Connecticut's Home Rule: The Judicial Resolution of State and Local Conflicts, 4 U. of Bridgeport L. Rev. 177 (1983).
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