Books

School of Law faculty at the University of Georgia author some of our country's leading legal scholarship. The following is a collection of books published by our past and current faculty members. Several faculty members have also created open educational resources made available through open textbook platforms. View a list of our faculty's open educational resource materials.

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Constitutional Torts (3rd edition)

Michael L. Wells, Thomas A. Eaton, and Sheldon H. Nahmod

A casebook which focuses exclusively on constitutional tort damages against governments and their officials under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 and the United States Constitution.

Reprinted from Constitutional Torts with permission. Copyright 2010 LexisNexis, Inc. All rights reserved.
A Practical Guide to Legal Writing and Legal Method (4th edition)

Cathleen S. Wharton, John C. Dernbach, Richard V. Singleton II, Joan M. Ruhtenberg, and Catherine J. Wasson

This classic text uses a series of simple guidelines to teach the basics of legal writing and legal method. The book includes focused exercises to provide students with practice applying legal reasoning.

Excerpt reproduced with permission of Aspen Publishers.
State Postconviction Remedies and Relief Handbook with Forms (6th edition)

Donald E. Wilkes Jr.

A comprehensive review of common law and statutory postconviction remedies available at the state level.

Excerpt reprinted with permission of Thomson/West.
Federal Postconviction Remedies and Relief Handbook: With Forms (2010 edition)

Donald E. Wilkes, Jr.

This book contains the basic federal statutes and related reference sources that are essential to the preparation, legal research, and litigation of a federal postconviction remedy proceeding.

Excerpts reprinted with permission of Thomson Reuters.
Speaking Up: The Unintended Costs of Free Speech in Public Schools

Anne Proffitt Dupre

Examines the way courts have wrestled with student expression in school, including political protest, speech codes, student newspapers, book banning in school libraries, and school prayer.

Title and contents digitally reproduced by permission of the publisher from SPEAKING UP: THE UNINTENDED COSTS OF FREE-SPEECH IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS by Anne Dupre, Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, Copyright 2009 by the President and Fellows of the Harvard College.

Fees for this permission have been waived.
State and Local Taxation: Cases and Materials (9th edition)

Walter Hellerstein, Kirk J. Stark, John A. Swain, and Joan M. Youngman

A casebook which focuses on the constitutional underpinning of state and local tax systems and a detailed exploration of income taxes, sales taxes and property taxes.

Excerpt reprinted with permission of Thomson Reuters.
State Postconviction Remedies and Relief Handbook with Forms (5th edition)

Donald E. Wilkes Jr.

A comprehensive review of common law and statutory postconviction remedies available at the state level.

Excerpt reprinted with permission of Thomson West.
Federal Postconviction Remedies and Relief Handbook: With Forms (2009 edition)

Donald E. Wilkes, Jr.

This book contains the basic federal statutes and related reference sources that are essential to the preparation, legal research, and litigation of a federal postconviction remedy proceeding.

Excerpts reprinted with permission of Thomson Reuters.
Streamlined Sales and Use Tax, 2008/2009

Walter Hellerstein and John A. Swain

A description and analysis of the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement, which was drafted by participants from 44 states and the District of Columbia, in an effort to simplify and harmonize their sales and use tax collection and administration.

Excerpt reprinted with permission of Thomson Reuters.
Securities Litigation and Enforcement: Cases and Materials (2nd edition)

Margaret V. Sachs, Donna M. Nagy, and Richard W. Painter

This casebook supports courses in securities litigation through a general overview and more in-depth look at litigation topics under the Exchange Act and the Securities Act. Examines SEC and criminal enforcement, market manipulation, insider trading, and the professional responsibilities of attorneys and accountants.

Excerpt reprinted with permission of Thomson Reuters.