Copyright(c) 2004-2009 by the Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press. All rights reserved. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Categories.jsp?path=GovernmentPolitics New documents added to the 'Government and Politics' section of the New Georgia Encyclopedia within the last 30 days. en-us Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST 10080 64 71 http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Categories.jsp?path=GovernmentPolitics http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/graphics/logo_circle.gif http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3741 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:12:24 EDT Georgia has played an influential role in the development of the "Freedom Writ" of habeas corpus, and its original constitution was the first in history to make access to the writ a constitutional right....