When laws become obligatory; effect of ignorance

Abrogation of laws by agreement; waiver or renunciation of benefits established by law. Binding effect of legislation upon state. Effect and enforcement of foreign laws. Execution of writings and contracts. Local referenda on abolishing offices or shortening or lengthening term. problems of construction when repeal statutes are subsequently repealed, see 10 Ga. St. B. J. 41 (1973). For article, ‘‘Statutes of Nonstatutory Origin,’’ see 14 Ga. L. Rev. 239 (1980). For article, ‘‘Law Among the Pleonasms: The Futility and Aconstitutionality of Legislative History in Statutory Interpretation,’’ see 41 Emory L.J. 113 (1992).