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Sources of Law
This document provides an introduction to different sources for the law, answering the following questions: This document tells you the following: Where do laws come from? Who makes laws? Can laws ever be changed? What are constitutional laws? What are statutory laws? What are the limits on lawmaking powers? What are case laws? This document is excerpted from An Introduction to Law in Georgia, Fourth Edition, published by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, 1998 (updated 2004).
By: Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia
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