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The Law Of Municipal Annexation In Georgia: Evolution Of A Concept?, R. Perry Sentell Jr.
The Law Of Municipal Annexation In Georgia: Evolution Of A Concept?, R. Perry Sentell Jr.
Scholarly Works
The time has come to think seriously and in detail about municipal annexation. The effort here, then, represents a return to basics. The justification for it rests on the point that Georgia does indeed possess a rich history in annexation law. What of this history? How has it dictated the law's development? What are the methods of annexation presently available to municipalities in Georgia? Upon what authority are these methods bottomed, and what are the possible limitation upon their effectiveness? Is the point at which the law has now arrived the culmination of evolving a deliberate concept or simply the …
The Case Of The Unwary Home Buyer: The Housing Merchant Did It, E. F. Roberts
The Case Of The Unwary Home Buyer: The Housing Merchant Did It, E. F. Roberts
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
The author points up the decline of caveat emptor as a viable doctrine governing the sale of new homes and analyzes the emergence of implied warranty as a remedy for both structural deficiencies and personal injuries. He argues that the concept of implied warranty tends to obfuscate real distinctions between the builder-vendor’s responsibility for the material integrity of a new home and for personal injuries occasioned by defects therein, concluding that legislation is needed to reestablish a system of order in the law.
Constitutionality Of Subdivision Control Exactions The Quest For A Rationale, John D. Johnston Jr.
Constitutionality Of Subdivision Control Exactions The Quest For A Rationale, John D. Johnston Jr.
Faculty Scholarship
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Evolving Judicial Attitudes Toward Local Government Land Use Control, Terrance Sandalow
Evolving Judicial Attitudes Toward Local Government Land Use Control, Terrance Sandalow
Articles
The year 1967 begins the second half-century of zoning in the United States. The first comprehensive zoning ordinance was adopted by New York City in 1916. In the fifty years that have elapsed, zoning has become, notwithstanding a growing disenchantment with it on the part of planners, the most widely employed technique of land use control in the United States. At the present time only Houston, of all the major cities in the United States, lacks a zoning ordinance. And, though I have not obtained precise figures, we are all familiar with the increasingly large per centage of small municipalities, …
Special Treatment Of Cemeteries, David H. Getches