2022 Georgia Code
Title 24 - Evidence
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Article 1 - Purpose and Applicability of Rules of Evidence
§ 24-1-1. Purpose and Construction of the Rules of Evidence
The object of all legal investigation is the discovery of truth. Rules of evidence shall be construed to secure fairness in administration, eliminate unjustifiable expense and delay, and promote the growth and development of the law of evidence to the end that the truth may be ascertained and proceedings justly determined.
History. Code 1981, § 24-1-1 , enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.
Cross references.
Purpose, Fed. R. Evid. 102.
Law reviews.
For article surveying the law in Georgia on admissions, see 8 Mercer L. Rev. 252 (1957).
For article, “An Analysis of Georgia’s Proposed Rules of Evidence,” see 26 Ga. St. B.J. 173 (1990).
For article on the 2011 enactment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 1 (2011).
For article, “Symposium on Evidence Reform,” see 47 Ga. L. Rev. 657 (2013).
For article, “Symposium on Evidence Reform: Searching for Truth in the American Law of Evidence and Proof,” see 47 Ga. L. Rev. 801 (2013).
