Local governments

  • Law, policy, and regulation
  • Legal actor
  • Legal system

Definition

Governments other than a central government, its ministries or departments, or any body subject to the control of such a government with respect to the activity in question.

Examples: States, provinces, Länder, cantons, municipalities, e.g., the state of Washington, the Province of British Columbia, the municipality of Mumbai.

Other terms with the same meaning and function: State/provincial/municipal governments.

References

For more information, refer to the primer on public law and regulation. Compare and contrast federal.

Adapted from World Trade Organization, Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, Annex 1 (1995).