For years there has been debate surrounding Georgia’s annotated laws, with individuals being forced to purchase them at great cost.  While the actual laws were available for free, it would take a law degree to understand them without the annotations.  Following a lawsuit brought on a company that posted the annotated version online, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit this month ruled “that the annotations in the [Official Code of Georgia Annotated] are sufficiently law-like so as to be properly regarded as a sovereign work,” meaning they must be made available to the public for free.  The ability for Georgians to be able to read and understand their laws firsthand is long overdue, and the court’s ruling has all Peach State citizens’ ships RISING…

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