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Perpetual Congressional Inaction: State Regulation Of Immigration In Response To Lack Of Reform, Benjamin D. Galloway
Perpetual Congressional Inaction: State Regulation Of Immigration In Response To Lack Of Reform, Benjamin D. Galloway
Mercer Law Review
The debate over the issue of immigration has been raging for years now, culminating in a nationwide demand for general immigration law reform-with states attempting to take matters into their own hands by passing immigration enforcement laws. For the most part, these forays into immigration legislation by states have been struck down by the United States Supreme Court. However, as immigration reform looms in the future of Congressional action, open questions still remain as to what avenues states have left to participate in immigration regulation. This Comment will attempt to answer those questions by analyzing the development of immigration law …
Calling On The Legislature: Dixon V. State And Georgia's Statutory Scheme To Protect Minors From Sexual Exploitation, Jed D. Manton
Calling On The Legislature: Dixon V. State And Georgia's Statutory Scheme To Protect Minors From Sexual Exploitation, Jed D. Manton
Mercer Law Review
In Dixon v. State, the Georgia Supreme Court analyzed Georgia's statutory scheme to protect children from sexual exploitation. A jury convicted Marcus Dixon of statutory rape and aggravated child molestation, for which he received the mandatory minimum sentence of fifteen years to serve ten. The Georgia Supreme Court reversed Dixon's conviction for aggravated child molestation. As a result of the reversal, Dixon was released from prison because he had already served the requirements for his statutory rape conviction. The majority and concurring opinion urged the Legislature to clarify Georgia's statutes to expressly distinguish statutory rape from child molestation. The …
Statutory Construction And The Legislative Process, James C. Quarles
Statutory Construction And The Legislative Process, James C. Quarles
Mercer Law Review
Although important principles of statutory construction were reiterated by the Georgia courts during the survey period, the chief interest in these cases derives from the application of these principles rather than from any novel development of doctrine.
Statutory Construction And The Legislative Process, James C. Quarles
Statutory Construction And The Legislative Process, James C. Quarles
Mercer Law Review
Since a statute is to some extent involved in almost every case, and since every statute deals with some aspect of substantive or procedural law falling into a more or less definite classification, it is difficult to determine which cases should be discussed in a section on the construction of statutes and the effects of constitutional requirements regarding the form of statutes and legislative procedure. The cases considered in this division are those which seem to set forth some approach to statutory construction or which consider various aspects of legislative form and procedure. Most of these cases are dealt with …
Some Significant Recent Georgia Legislation, F. Hodge O'Neal, James C. Quarles
Some Significant Recent Georgia Legislation, F. Hodge O'Neal, James C. Quarles
Mercer Law Review
The General Assembly of Georgia enacted a total of 511 statutes and passed 40 resolutions during the 1949 Regular Session. This legislation covers more than 2,100 printed pages and ranges over many and diverse subjects. Even a cursory discussion of the statutes other than strictly local laws is impossible within the confines of a single law review article. The discussion in this article is therefore limited to four of the more significant statutes. The selection of these four statutes was of necessity more or less arbitrary, but an attempt was made to choose legislation of widespread and lasting interest to …