Democracy by Decree

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Ross Sandler is professor of law and the founding director of New York Law School?s Center for New York City Law. A former commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation, he teaches courses in state and local government, torts, and New York City law. He has written widely on New York City government, infrastructure, environment, and transportation, edits City Law, and is co-author of a book on injunctions against state and local government, Democracy by Decree: What Happens When Courts Run Government (Yale University Press, 2003). Immediately prior to joining the faculty of New York Law School in 1993, Sandler was a partner in the law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue.