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Workers' Compensation In Georgia Municipal Law, R. Perry Sentell Jr.
Workers' Compensation In Georgia Municipal Law, R. Perry Sentell Jr.
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For the last sixty years, workers' compensation has constituted a distinct subject of administration in Georgia municipal government and, consequently, a distinct subject of controversy in Georgia municipal law. Of course, many of the problems, issues, and solutions ar ethe same, whether the covered employment be municipal or private in nature. Still, municipal law possesses its own quagmires, quandaries, and conundrums; some of those peculiarities can yield unique questions regarding workers' compensation. Whether general or unique, the appellate courts have rendered a number of decisions on the subject, and those decisions make for yet another compact chapter in Georgia municipal …
Codification And Consequences: The Georgian Motif, R. Perry Sentell Jr.
Codification And Consequences: The Georgian Motif, R. Perry Sentell Jr.
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For roughly the last 45 years, the Georgia statutory scene has featured both codification species--a statutorily sanctioned code of 1933, and a supplemented and "annotated" code of private publication. For many purposes this situation was of little interest or importance; on occasion, however, the point could become one of ominous significance, particularly for lawyers (and their clients). Perhaps a brief account of a few of those occasions and a summary description of the current codification effort--itself already the subject of litigation--will prove of general interest.
Statutes Of Nonstatutory Origin, R. Perry Sentell Jr.
Statutes Of Nonstatutory Origin, R. Perry Sentell Jr.
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It is appealing, perhaps, to envision the legislative process as the fountainhead of public policy, most representative of society's felt needs, and the branch of government most unrestrained in responding to those needs. Shackled by neither the presence of a specific litigated controversy nor the absence of the power of appropriation, the legislative branch presumably possesses the most peripheral perspective and the most undiluted source of solution. Bounded only by the vague confines of practical politics, the legislature enjoys unique theoretical status in foreseeing and formulating rather than merely reflecting and reacting.