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# O.C.G.A. § 9-11-38. Right to jury trial.

The right of trial by jury as declared by the Constitution of the state or as given by a statute of the state shall be preserved to the parties inviolate.

## History

Ga. L. 1966, p. 609, § 38.

## Cross References

Right to trial by jury generally, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. XI. Right to trial by jury in certiorari cases in superior court, § 5-4-11. Juries, T. 15, C. 12.

## Law Reviews

For article, ‘‘The Endangered Right of Jury Trials in Dispossessories,’’ see 24 Ga. St. B.J. 126 (1988).

For note, ‘‘Pre-Litigation Contractual Waivers of the Right to a Jury Trial Are Unenforceable Under Georgia Law,’’ see 46 Mercer L. Rev. 1565 (1995).

## U.s. Code.

For provisions of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 38, and annotations pertaining thereto, see 28 U.S.C.