The Georgia State Constitution
By: Melvin B. Hill, Jr. ; foreword by R. Perry Sentell, Jr
Contributors: Georgia
Series: The Oxford commentaries on the state constitutions of the United States
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780199779000
Subjects: Constitutional history; Constitutional law; Constitutions
Description: In 'The Georgia State Constitution', Melvin Hill Jr. offers a detailed description of the creation and development of Georgia's constitution. He explains how political and cultural events, from colonial times, through the Civil War, to the present, have affected Georgia's constitutional law. Accompanying the full text of the constitution is Hill's rich commentary of the constitutional provisions. He traces their origins and interpretation by the courts and other governmental bodies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-270) and index.
Table of contents: title: The history of the Georgia constitution; title: The Georgia constitution and commentary.