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Wagging, Not Barking: Statutory Definitions, Jeanne Price
Wagging, Not Barking: Statutory Definitions, Jeanne Price
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Legislative text is distinguished by the frequency with which it specifies the meaning of the words it employs. More than 25,000 terms are defined in the United States Code alone. In few other contexts is there a perceived need to so carefully and repeatedly clarify meaning. This Article examines the roles played by definitions in a reader's understanding and application of a legislative text; it demonstrates that the effects of defining are not as straightforward as we might assume. The discussion is framed by the distinction between legislation as a communication vehicle and as an instrument of governance. In some …
The Legislative Process In Georgia Local Government Law, R. Perry Sentell Jr.
The Legislative Process In Georgia Local Government Law, R. Perry Sentell Jr.
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What our city fathers do as legislators and how they do it impinges upon the daily lives of most of us. Those involved in the production of municipal law and those affected by it will find this study of legislative procedure at the local level of great interest and help. Here is a solid piece of research which will stand for a long time to come.