Constitution of the State of Georgia

Article I. BILL OF RIGHTS · Article I. BILL OF RIGHTS · Section I. RIGHTS OF PERSONS

Art. I, Sec. I, Para. XXIX. Enumeration of rights not denial of others.

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The enumeration of rights herein contained as a part of this Constitution shall not be construed to deny to the people any inherent rights which they may have hitherto enjoyed. (Ga. Const. 1983, Art. 1, § 1, Para. 28; Ga. Const. 1983, Art. 1, § 1, Para. 29 as redesignated by Ga. L. 2005, p. 1533, § 1/SR 67.)

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Editor's notes

The constitutional amendment (Ga. L. 2005, p. 1533, § 1) which redesignated former Paragraph XXVIII as Paragraph XXIX and added present Paragraph XXVIII was approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting at the general election held on November 7, 2006.

Cross references

Rights retained by people, U.S. Const., amend. 9.

Law reviews

For article, ‘‘The Georgia Bill of Rights: Dead or Alive?,’’ see 34 Emory L.J. 341 (1985). For comment, ‘‘Pay What You Like — No, Really: Why Copyright Law Should Make Digital Music Free for Noncommercial Uses,’’ see 58 Emory L.J. 1495 (2009).

Other notes

1976 Constitution.: Art. I, Sec. I, Para. XXV.
liquors.: The people did not have an inherent right to make, sell, barter, give away, keep, and furnish intoxicating liquors. Whitley v. State, 134 Ga. 758, 68 S.E. 716 (1910); Saddler v. State, 148 Ga. 462, 97 S.E. 79 (1918). Cited in Jackson v. Beavers, 156 Ga. 71, 118 S.E. 751 (1923); Green v. City of Atlanta, 162 Ga. 641, 135 S.E. 84 (1926); Gernatt v. Huiet, 192 Ga. 729, 16 S.E.2d 587 (1941); Murphy v. West, 205 Ga. 116, 52 S.E.2d 600 (1949).
ALR.: Renewal of copyright where author is dead, 19 ALR 295. Right of privacy, 138 ALR 22; 57 ALR3d 16. Waiver or loss of right of privacy, 57 ALR3d 16. Constitutionality of state legislation imposing criminal penalties for personal possession or use of marijuana, 96 ALR3d 225.

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