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

A constitution provision shown as in force is in force as printed in the volume. A court decision can make a printed provision unenforceable without changing the volume, and the volume does not record that.

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.)

## Cross References

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

## 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.

## 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).

## 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.