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Municipal Corporations, Oliver A. Rice
Municipal Corporations, Oliver A. Rice
Mercer Law Review
The discussion of the cases dealing with the problems of municipal corporations during the survey period will be undertaken schematically rather than chronologically. An effort will be made to effect that classification of the cases which, with the practicing attorney's background of experience, will enable him most easily to fit these new pronouncements of the Georgia appellate courts into the body of Georgia law. The liability of a municipal corporation for tort occasioned by, or nuisance created through the acts of municipal agents, acting in the scope and course of their employment, is ever a perplexing one, due to the …
The Status Of "Home Rule" In Georgia, J. Alvin Gilmore, Scott Walters Jr.
The Status Of "Home Rule" In Georgia, J. Alvin Gilmore, Scott Walters Jr.
Mercer Law Review
The archaic system of special bills to provide for the local government of cities and counties, which had its inception in this country when the colonies asserted their independence, has long been under fire as not only cumbersome but also contrary to tradition and the intention of those who formed our state governments. The opponents of this system offered in its stead local government of municipalities by a system commonly referred to as "Home Rule." Although this system has not had success commensurate with the glossy pictures painted by its more avid proponents, it has, where accepted, attained the aims …