The seventh edition reflects several North Carolina Court of Appeals decisions made under the open meetings statute since publication of the sixth edition in 2002. The book details the provisions of North Carolina's open meetings law in a question-and-answer format and includes the text of the law. It also includes eighteen new questions and significant modifications to ten others.

This reference book on North Carolina county and municipal government provides a comprehensive treatment of the legal foundations, organization, and the administration of the state's counties and cities. This book describes the legal framework and common administrative practices that are currently in use and explains what counties and cities in North Carolina do, and how they do it. County and Municipal Government in North Carolina is designed to meet the needs of elected and appointed county and city board members and the employees who, on a day-to-day basis, carry out the functions mandated and authorized for North Carolina local governments. It will also appeal to citizens, civic leaders, high school and college students, state employees, legislators, members of the media, and any others who need basic information about the legal authority and responsibilities of North Carolina counties and cities. Individual chapters in PDF format are available for purchase (https: //www.sog.unc.edu/publications/books/county-and-municipal-government-north-carolina-second-edition-2014-hard-copy-format /).