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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International Civil Litigation in United States Courts (5th edition)

Peter B. Rutledge and Gary B. Born

Combines excerpts of cases and materials, commentary, and detailed notes into asurvey of the field that includes recent developments, such as the stream-of-commerce theory of personal jurisdiction, the immunity of government officials after Samantar , and the extraterritorial application of federal statutes after Morrison .
Glannon Guide to Property: Learning Property Through Multiple-choice Questions and Analysis (2nd edition)

James C. Smith

A review of Property topics organized around the theme of multiple-choice questions. Brief explanatory text about the topic under discussion is followed by one or two multiple-choice questions. This edition includes three new chapters on deeds, mortgages, and recording systems

Reproduced with the permission of Wolters Kluwer from Smith, James Charles. 2011. The Glannon Guide to Property: Learning Property through Multiple-choice Questions and Analysis. New York: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business.
Federal Income Taxation: Model Problems and Outstanding Answers

Camilla E. Watson

Provides law students with clear introductions to the major topics in tax law. Includes hypotheticals and model answers, as well as information on how students can best prepare for challenging exams.

Excerpt reproduced with permission of Oxford University Press.
Cases and Materials on Federal Courts (2nd edition)

Michael Wells, William P. Marshall, Larry W. Yackle, and Gene R. Nichol

The distinctive feature of this federal courts casebook, and the main difference between this and other federal courts books, is its systematic focus on remedial issues, especially the range of problems that arise when a litigant tries to enforce federal constitutional rights against state officers in the federal courts.

Excerpt reproduced with permission of West Academic.
Cases and Materials on Workers' Compensation (6th edition)

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

A casebook which covers the basic principles of workers' compensation law as well as recent legislation and developing judicial trends.
Family Law: Cases, Text, Problems (5th edition)

Paul M. Kurtz, Ira M. Ellman, Lois A. Weithorn, Brian Bix, Karen Czapanskiy, and Maxine Eichner

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.

Excerpt reprinted with permission of LexisNexis.
Comparative Law: Law, Reality and Society (3rd edition)

Alan Watson

Not a conventional approach to comparative law. Rules and structures of one system are not set out against those of another for contrast. Rather, rules particular or general, are examined to explain how they came to be.

Excerpt reproduced with permission of the author.
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.