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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Tax Procedure and Tax Fraud in a Nutshell (4th edition)

Camilla E. Watson

A broad overview of federal tax practices and procedures, which includes a summary of the legal rules, the policy behind the law, and conflicts among the circuits and gaps in the law.

Excerpt reproduced with permission of West Academic.
Federal Tax Practice and Procedure: Cases, Materials, and Problems (2nd edition)

Camilla E. Watson and Brookes D. Billman Jr.

Serves as an introductory or supplemental teaching tool on the federal tax system. Introduces students to both the civil and criminal components of a tax practice and offers new cases on tax procedure and an expanded section on collection due process.

Excerpt reproduced with permission of West Academic.
Cases and Materials on Employment Discrimination (8th edition)

Rebecca White, Michael J. Zimmer, and Charles A. Sullivan

Combines statutes and developing precedents with theoretical perspectives to study all aspects of employment discrimination. The Eighth Edition features new Supreme Court cases and a revised chapter on disabilities.

Excerpt reproduced with permission of Wolters Kluwer.
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.