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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Electronic Commerce and Multijurisdictional Taxation

Walter Hellerstein, Robert L. Doernberg, Luc Hinnekens, and Jinyan Li

The successor to Electronic Commerce and International Taxation (1999). This new edition provides a detailed and up-to-date analysis of VAT developments regarding e-commerce,and an exploration of the implications of e-commerce for the US state and local sales and use tax regime, and it also discusses developments in Europe and the United States while enlarging its focus to include the tax treatment of e-commerce in China, India, Canada, Australia, and throughout the world.
Evolution of Western Private Law

Alan Watson

Explores why legal systems continue to evolve in the Western world and the factors that promote change.
Society and Legal Change (2nd edition)

Alan Watson

Argues that law lags behind social change, using illustrative historical examples from Rome and England.

Excerpt reproduced with permission of Temple University Press.
State Postconviction Remedies and Relief: With Forms (2001 edition)

Donald E. Wilkes, Jr.

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

Alan Watson

Discloses flagrant inconsistencies in the interpretation of laws from ancient Roman edicts to the present-day crisis in legal education
Cases and Materials on Workers' Compensation (4th edition)

Thomas A. Eaton, Joseph W. Little, and Gary R. Smith

Covers occupational disease, vocational rehabilitation, stress claims, and reform efforts designed to stem the rising costs of the system. Early chapters explore the historical foundations of workers' compensation, its economic theory underpinnings, and its current relationship with FELA, Social Security, OSHA, and tort litigation.
Georgia law of Evidence (5th edition)

Alex Scherr

An updated reference work on evidence law in Georgia, originally created by the late University of Georgia professor, Thomas Green.
Friedman on Contracts and Conveyances of Real Property (6th edition)

Milton R. Friedman and James C. Smith

An updated and expanded edition of Milton Friedman's classic guide to real estate conveyancing which covers every area of real estate conveyancing from the inception of the contract to the delivery of the deed.

This material has been published as part of “Friedman on Contracts and Conveyances of Real Property" by Milton R. Friedman and James Charles Smith, and is available at 1-800-260-4754; [www.pli.edu]www.pli.edu © Practising Law Institute. Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, with the prior written permission of Practising Law Institute.
State Taxation (3rd edition)

Jerome R. Hellerstein, Walter Hellerstein, and John A. Swain

State Taxation provides thorough coverage of the entire field of state taxation, including corporate and personal income taxes, sales and use taxes, and the constitutional restraints on such taxes. This is a continuously updated resource.

State Taxation, 3rd ed. 2016 by Thomson Reuters/Tax & Accounting. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved. This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of Thomson Reuters/ Tax & Accounting.
Family Law: Cases, Text, Problems (3rd edition)

Paul M. Kurtz, Ira M. Ellman, and Elizabeth S. Scott

Family law is an interdisciplinary area, and the materials in this work reflect the numerous disciplines influencing this field of law. This book is policy-oriented, with non-legal social science featured in the extensive note materials to provide a rich and varied learning experience and a practice resource tool.