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Blizzard Alert!: How Do U.S. Cities Compared In Dealing With Major Snowstorms?, John T. Marshall, Rebecca Burns Nov 2015

Blizzard Alert!: How Do U.S. Cities Compared In Dealing With Major Snowstorms?, John T. Marshall, Rebecca Burns

John Travis Marshall

No abstract provided.


Atlanta Relief Officials Cite Lessons Learned After Hurricane Katrina, John T. Marshall, Jeremy Redmon, Craig Schneider Nov 2015

Atlanta Relief Officials Cite Lessons Learned After Hurricane Katrina, John T. Marshall, Jeremy Redmon, Craig Schneider

John Travis Marshall

No abstract provided.


Georgia Legal Research - Secondary Source Materials, Deborah Schander, Austin Martin Williams, Ronald E. Wheeler, Terrance Manion, Nancy P. Johnson Jan 2015

Georgia Legal Research - Secondary Source Materials, Deborah Schander, Austin Martin Williams, Ronald E. Wheeler, Terrance Manion, Nancy P. Johnson

Terrance K Manion

No abstract provided.


Georgia Legal Research - Secondary Source Materials, Ronald E. Wheeler, Terrance Manion, Nancy P. Johnson Jan 2015

Georgia Legal Research - Secondary Source Materials, Ronald E. Wheeler, Terrance Manion, Nancy P. Johnson

Terrance K Manion

No abstract provided.


Georgia Legal Research --Primary Source Material, Austin Martin Williams, Deborah Schander, Elizabeth G. Adelman, Nancy P. Johnson, Nancy Adams, Terrance Manion Jan 2015

Georgia Legal Research --Primary Source Material, Austin Martin Williams, Deborah Schander, Elizabeth G. Adelman, Nancy P. Johnson, Nancy Adams, Terrance Manion

Terrance K Manion

No abstract provided.


Alternative Dispute Resolution In Georgia, Douglas H. Yarn Oct 2014

Alternative Dispute Resolution In Georgia, Douglas H. Yarn

Douglas Yarn

No abstract provided.


E-Citation $5 Fee Authorized In Tennessee, Karen Blake Jul 2014

E-Citation $5 Fee Authorized In Tennessee, Karen Blake

Karen Blake

A short description of recent legislation permitting Tennessee cities to adopt a $5 e-citation fee for a period of 5 years.


Battering The Poor: How Georgia’S Mandatory Family Violence Classes Deny Indigent Defendants Equal Protection Of The Law, Whitney Scherck Apr 2013

Battering The Poor: How Georgia’S Mandatory Family Violence Classes Deny Indigent Defendants Equal Protection Of The Law, Whitney Scherck

Whitney Scherck

Thirty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court in Bearden v. Georgia held that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prevents a court from incarcerating an individual for failure to pay a fine unless it first inquires into their reasons for failing to do so and determines that the defendant willfully failed to make bona fide efforts to pay. However, recently, a new kind of legal debt has emerged. As states’ budgets tighten, so-called user fees are becoming an increasingly common way for legislatures to toughen the criminal justice system without having to come up with funding for it. …