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Law Library

Georgia Practice Materials

RESEARCH GUIDES

• Chanin and Cassidy, Guide to Georgia Legal Research and Legal History, Harrison, 1990 (1997 Supp.), KFG 75 .C45 1990 (READY REFERENCE).
• Georgia Code Research Guide, Lawyers Coop, 1996, KFG 40 .G4 1996 (READY REFERENCE).
• Hill, The Georgia State Constitution: A Reference Guide, Greenwood Press, 1994, REF KFG 401 1983 .A6 H55 1994.
• Johnson and Adams-Deel, “Researching Georgia Law,” 14 Georgia State University Law Review 545-599 (May 1998).

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

• Georgia Jurisprudence, 23 vols., Thomson-West, 1995, KFG 80 .G36. Located in row 4 of the Law Library general stacks.

FORM BOOKS (Note: most form books are on Ready Reference.)

• Ruskell’s Civil Pleading and Practice Forms for Use with West’s Official Code of Georgia, 6th ed., 3 vols., Thomson-West, looseleaf, KFG 535 .A65 H37 2003 (READY REFERENCE).
• Bates, Georgia Domestic Relations Forms, LexisNexis, looseleaf, KFG 94 .A65 B38 1988 (READY REFERENCE).
• Brown, Georgia Pleading, Practice and Legal Forms Annotated, 2nd ed. 11 vols. KFG 535 .A6 B7 2d. ed. Volume 7 is 3rd ed. Located in row 6 of the Law Library general stacks.
• Davis, Austin, and Eastwood, Georgia Litigation Forms and Analysis, 3 vols., Lawyers Coop, looseleaf, KFG 530 .A65 D38 (READY REFERENCE).
• Ferreira, Forms for Pleading under the Georgia Civil Practice Act, Harrison, 1997, KFG 535 .A65 F47 1997 (READY REFERENCE).
• Fischer et al., Georgia Corporate Forms, 2 vols., LexisNexis, annual, KFG 213 .A65 S64 (READY REFERENCE).
• Georgia Forms: Legal and Business, 4 vols., Thomson-West, looseleaf, KFG 68 .G46 (READY REFERENCE).
• Goger, Daniel’s Georgia Criminal Trial Practice Forms, 5th ed., Harrison, 2002, KFG 575 .A65 D36 2002 (READY REFERENCE).
• Grove, Glass, and Cohen, Georgia Real Estate Forms, 4 vols., LexisNexis, looseleaf, KFG 126 .A65 G76 1987 (READY REFERENCE).
• Jenkins, Pitts, and Ambler, Georgia Civil Procedure Forms, 2 vols., LexisNexis, looseleaf, KFG 530 .A65 J46 2003 (READY REFERENCE).
• Levy and White, Georgia Estate Planning, Will Drafting and Estate Administration Forms, 2 vols., LexisNexis, looseleaf, KFG 140 .A65 L48 1987 (READY REFERENCE).
• Shortridge, Neely, and Lewinson, Georgia Commercial Financing Forms, 2 vols., LexisNexis, looseleaf, KFG 170 .A65 S48. Located in row 4 of the Law Library general stacks.

JURY INSTRUCTIONS

• Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia, Suggested Pattern Jury Instructions Volume I: Civil Cases (4th ed.), Volume II: Criminal Cases (3rd ed.), Institute of Government, Univ. of GA, 2004, KFG 542.6 .S94 2004 (READY REFERENCE).
• Ridley, Georgia Requests to Charge: Civil and Criminal Cases, 2nd ed., Harrison, 1991, KFG 542 .R55 1991. Located in row 6 of the Law Library general stacks.

RULES OF COURT

• Georgia Bench Book 2005-06, American Lawyer Media, 2005, KFG 529 .A22 2005/06 (READY REFERENCE).
• Georgia Court Rules and Procedure – Federal, Thomson-West, annual, KFG 529 .A193 G462 (READY REFERENCE).
• Georgia Court Rules and Procedure – State, Thomson-West, annual, KFG 529 .A193 G463 (READY REFERENCE).
• Georgia Rules of Court Annotated, LexisNexis, annual, KFG 529 .A193 (READY REFERENCE).

SUBJECT TREATISES

Alternative Dispute Resolution/Mediation

• Clark and Clark, Georgia Settlements Law and Strategies, 2nd ed., Harrison, 1999, KFG 560.3 .C55 1999 (READY REFERENCE).
• Yarn and Jones, Alternative Dispute Resolution: Practice and Procedure in Georgia, 3rd ed., Thomson-West, 2006, KFG 560.5 .Y37 2006 (READY REFERENCE).

Automobile Law

• Jenkins and Miller, Georgia Automobile Insurance Law, Including Tort Law, with Forms, Thomson-West, annual, KFG 191 .A4 J46 (READY REFERENCE).
• Head, Georgia DUI Trial Practice Manual, Thomson-West, annual, KFG 297.8 .H438 (READY REFERENCE).
• Stein, Georgia DUI Law: A Resource for Lawyers and Judges, LexisNexis, 2003, KFG 297.8 .S74 2003 (READY REFERENCE).

Business Organizations

• Byant, Jones, and Beaudrot, Georgia LLC/LLP Handbook, Daily Report Books, 1995, KFG 210.B79 (READY REFERENCE).
• Fischer et al., Georgia Corporate Forms, 2 vols., LexisNexis, annual, KFG 213 .A65 S64 (READY REFERENCE).
• Kaplan, Kaplan’s Nadler Georgia Corporations, Limited Partnerships, and Limited Liability Companies, with Forms, 2 vols., Thomson-West, annual, KFG 210 .N295 (READY REFERENCE).
• Southeast Transaction Guide: Florida, Georgia, Alabama 20 vols., LexisNexis, looseleaf, KF 1410 .S68. Located in the Law Library general stacks.

Collections

• Finestone, Georgia Post-Judgment Collection with Forms, 4th ed., Thomson-West, 2002, KFG 551 .F56 2002 (READY REFERENCE).
• Jones, Georgia Legal Collections, Harrison, 2000, KFG 167 .C6 C66 2000 (READY REFERENCE).

Conflict of Law

• Hogue, Conflict of Laws in Georgia, Harrison, 1995, KFG 87 .H63 (READY REFERENCE).

Contracts

• Larkins, Georgia Contracts: Law and Legislation, Harrison, 2002, KFG 150 .A3 2002 (READYREFERENCE).

Criminal Law

• Cleary, Kurtz Criminal Offenses and Defenses in Georgia, Thomson-West, annual, KFG 566.8.K87 (READY REFERENCE).
• Cleary, Molnar Georgia Criminal Law: Crimes and Punishments, 6th ed., Harrison, 2000, KFG 561 .M64 2000 (READY REFERENCE).
• Daniel, Georgia Handbook on Criminal Evidence, Thomson-West, annual, KFG 580 .D35 (READY REFERENCE).
• Georgia Procedure, vols. 9-12: Criminal, Thomson-West, 2003, KFG 530 .G47 2003. Located in row 6 of the Law Library general stacks.
• Goger, Daniel’s Georgia Criminal Trial Practice, Thomson-West, annual, KFG 575 .D36 (READY REFERENCE).
• Goger, Daniel’s Georgia Criminal Trial Practice Forms, 5th ed., Harrison, 2002, KFG 575 .A65 D36 2002 (READY REFERENCE).
• Samuel, Georgia Criminal Law Case Finder, 2 vols., LexisNexis, annual, KFG 561 .A53 S26 (READY REFERENCE).

Damages

• Hertz, Punitive Damages in Georgia, Thomson-West, 1997, KFG 195 .H47 1997 (READY REFERENCE).
• Link and Hertz, Georgia Law of Damages: with Forms, Thomson-West, annual, KFG 195 .H37 (READY REFERENCE).

Debtor and Creditor

• Alexander, Georgia Real Estate Finance and Foreclosure Law with Forms, 4th ed., Thomson- West, 2004, KFG 130.5 .F6 A95 2004 (READY REFERENCE).
• Borsuk, Wilkinson’s Georgia Rights of Unsecured Creditors, Harrison, 1988 (1989 Supp.), KFG 220 .W54 1988. Located in row 5 of the Law Library general stacks.

Eminent Domain

• Hinkel, Georgia Eminent Domain, Harrison, 2000, KFG 450 .P87 2000 (READY REFERENCE). Employment (see also Workers’ Compensation)
• Hirsch and Quillen, Labor and Employment in Georgia: A Guide to Employment Laws, Regulations, and Practices, LexisNexis, looseleaf, KFG 331 .H57 (READY REFERENCE).
• Wimberly, Georgia Employment Law, 3rd ed., Harrison, 2000, KFG 331 .E38 2000 (READY REFERENCE).

Environment

• Georgia Environmental Law Handbook, 3rd ed., Government Institutes, 2002, KFG 354 .G46 2002 (READY REFERENCE).

Evidence

• Daniel, Georgia Handbook on Criminal Evidence, Thomson-West, annual, KFG 580 .D35 (READY REFERENCE).
• Dickert, Georgia Handbook on Foundations and Objections, Thomson-West, 2005, KFG 540 .D53 2005 (READY REFERENCE).
• Green, Georgia Law of Evidence, 5th ed., Harrison, 1999, KFG 540 .G7 1999 (READY REFERENCE).
• McLaughlin, Admissibility of Evidence in Civil Case: A Manual for Georgia Trial Lawyers, 5th ed., Thomson-West, 2006, KFG 540 .A59 H47 2006 (READY REFERENCE).
• Milich, Courtroom Handbook on Georgia Evidence, Thomson-West, annual, KFG 540 .M542 (READY REFERENCE).
• Milich, Georgia Rules of Evidence, 2nd ed., Thomson-West, 2002, KFG 540 .M54 2002 (READY REFERENCE).
• Salo, Georgia Trial Evidence, Rev. ed. James Pub., 1994, KFG 540 .S24 1994. Located in row 6 of the Law Library general stacks.

Family and Juvenile Law

• Bates, Georgia Domestic Relations Forms, LexisNexis, looseleaf, KFG 94 .A65 B38 1988 (READY REFERENCE).
• Ferreira, Georgia Guardian and Ward, 3rd ed., Harrison, 1997, KFG 106 .G83 1997 (READY REFERENCE).
• McConaughey, Georgia Divorce, Alimony, and Child Custody, Thomson-West, annual, KFG 100 .M25 (READY REFERENCE).
• McGough, Georgia Divorce, Thomson-West, looseleaf, KFG 100 .M37 1981 (READY REFERENCE).
• Murphy, Georgia Juvenile Practice and Procedure, with Forms, 4th ed., Harrison, 2001, KFG 598 .M33 2001 (READY REFERENCE).
• Portnoy and Strawser, Georgia Domestic Relations Case Finder, 3rd ed., LexisNexis, 2004, KFG 94 .A53 C35 2004 (READY REFERENCE).
• Radford, Guardianships and Conservatorships in Georgia, 1st ed., Chattahoochee Legal Press, 2005, KFG 106 .R3 2005 (READY REFERENCE).
• Robertson and Haman, How to File for Divorce in Georgia, with Forms, 6th ed., Sphinx, 2005, KFG 100 .Z9 R63 2005 (READY REFERENCE).

Insurance

• Jenkins and Miller, Georgia Automobile Insurance Law, Including Tort Law, with Forms, Thomson-West, annual, KFG 191 .A4 J46 (READY REFERENCE).

Landlord-Tenant Law

• Dawkins, Georgia Landlord and Tenant: Breach and Remedies, with Forms, 3rd ed., Harrison, 1998, KFG 117 .D38 1998 (READY REFERENCE).
• Dawkins, Georgia Landlord and Tenant: Lease Forms and Clauses, 2nd ed., Harrison, 2000, KFG 117 .A65 D38 2000 (READY REFERENCE).

Media Law

• Lisby, Mass Communication Law in Georgia, New Forums Press, 1996, KFG 316 .A3 1996. Located in row 5 of the Law Library general stacks.

Medical Malpractice

• Royal and Alexander, Handbook on Georgia Medical Malpractice Law, Harrison, 1991 (1996 Supp.), KFG 326.3 .R69 1991. Located in row 5 of the Law Library general stacks.

Practice and Procedure

• Carlson, Trial Handbook for Georgia Lawyers, 3rd ed., Thomson-West, 2003, KFG 538 .K55 2003 (READY REFERENCE).
• Davis, Austin, and Eastwood, Georgia Litigation Forms and Analysis, 3 vols., Lawyers Coop., looseleaf, KFG 530 .A65 D38 (READY REFERENCE).
• Dickert, Georgia Handbook on Foundations and Objections, Thomson-West, 2005, KFG 540 .D53 2005 (READY REFERENCE).
• Ferreira, Forms for Pleading under the Georgia Civil Practice Act, Harrison, 1997, KFG 535 .A65 F47 1997 (READY REFERENCE).
• Georgia Appellate Practice Handbook, 5th ed., Alston & Bird, ICLE, 2003, KFG 555 .G46 2003 (READY REFERENCE).
• Georgia Procedure, 13 vols. (vols. 1-8 Civil Procedure, vols. 9-12 Criminal Procedure), Thomson- West, 2003, KFG 530 .G47 2003. Located in row 6 of the Law Library general stacks.
• Gregory, Georgia Civil Practice, 3rd ed., LexisNexis, looseleaf, KFG 530 .G73 2003 (READY REFERENCE).
• McFadden, Brewer, and Sheppard, Georgia Appellate Practice, with Forms, 2nd ed. Thomson-West, 2002, KFG 555 .M23 2002 (READY REFERENCE).
• Purdom, Georgia Magistrate Court Handbook with Forms, 4th ed., Thomson-West, 2002, KFG 520 .W32 2002 (READY REFERENCE).
• Purdom, Georgia Civil Discovery with Forms, 6th ed., Harrison, 2001, KFG 537 .A94 2001 (READY REFERENCE).
• Quirk and Quirk, Georgia Methods of Practice, 3 vols., West, 1989 (1994 Supp.), KFG 530 .G466 1989. Located in row 6 of the Law Library general stacks.
• Ruskell, Davis and Shulman’s Georgia Practice and Procedure, Thomson-West, annual, KFG 530 .S54 (READY REFERENCE).
• Sheppard, Handbook on Georgia Practice, with Forms, Thomson-West, annual, KFG 530 .D3 (READY REFERENCE).

Probate and Administration of Estates

• Georgia Probate Court Standard Forms, ICLE, KFG 144 .A75 G45. Located in row 4 of the Law Library general stacks.
• Levy and White, Georgia Estate Planning, Will Drafting and Estate Administration Forms, 2 vols., LexisNexis, looseleaf, KFG 140 .A65 L48 1987 (READY REFERENCE).
• Propst, Handbook for Probate Judges of Georgia, 2nd ed., Council of Probate Court Judges of Georgia, looseleaf, KFG 144 .J4 1997. Located in row 4 of the Law Library general stacks.
• Radford, Redfearn Wills and Administration in Georgia, 6th ed., 2 vols., Harrison, 2000, KFG 144 .R4 2000 (READY REFERENCE).
• Wise, Georgia Probate and Administration, with Forms, 3rd ed., Harrison, 1998, KFG 144 .A65 G83 1998 (READY REFERENCE).

Process and Service

• Weltner and Weltner, Georgia Process and Service: with Forms, Harrison, 2000, KFG 534 .P7 W44 2000 (READY REFERENCE).

Products Liability

• Thorpe, Venderbush and Neal, Georgia Products Liability Law, 3rd ed., Thomson-West, 2002, KFG 197.7 .E4 2002 (READY REFERENCE).

Real Estate

• Abraham, Georgia Real Estate Sales Contracts, 5th ed., Harrison, 2000, KFG 126 .A95 2000 (READY REFERENCE).
• Alexander, Georgia Real Estate Finance & Foreclosure Law with Forms, 4th ed., Thomson-West, 2004, KFG 130.5 .F6 A95 2004 (READY REFERENCE).
• Grove, Glass and Cohen, Georgia Real Estate Forms, 4 vols., LexisNexis, looseleaf, KFG 126 .A65 G76 1987 (READY REFERENCE).
• Hinkel, Georgia Construction Mechanics’ and Materialmen’s Liens, with Forms, 3rd ed., Harrison, 1998, KFG 155.5 .H56 1998 (READY REFERENCE).
• Hinkel, Georgia Real Estate Title Examinations and Closings, with Forms, 3rd ed., Harrison, 2002, KFG 127 .D39 2002 (READY REFERENCE).
• Hinkel, Pindar’s Georgia Real Estate Law and Procedure with Forms, 6th ed., 3 vols., Thomson- West, 2004, KFG 112 .P54 2004 (READY REFERENCE).
• Real Property Law Section, State Bar of Georgia, Real Property Law Deskbook, ICLE, 1996, KFG 112 .R42 1996. Located in row 4 of the Law Library general stacks.

Securities

• Rankin, Georgia Securities Practice with Forms, Harrison, 2001, KFG 214 .A1 C37 2001 (READY REFERENCE).

Security Interests

• Rankin, Dobb’s Georgia Enforcement of Security Interests in Personal Property under Revised Article 9 with Forms, 3rd ed., Harrison, 2002, KFG 175 .D6 2002 (READY REFERENCE).

Taxation

• Schneider and Sellers, A Move Toward Equity: Taxing and Licensing Businesses and Occupations Under Georgia Law, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, UGA, 1994 (Supplemented by:
• Clements, Update on Georgia’s Occupation Tax Law, Institute, 1996), KFG 491 .B8 S36 1994. Located in row 6 of the Law Library general stacks.

Torts

• Adams, Georgia Law of Torts, Thomson-West, annual, KFG 195 .A93 (READY REFERENCE).
• Adams and Hicks, Georgia Law of Torts: Preparation for Trial, Harrison, 2001, KFG 195 .A931 2001 (READY REFERENCE).
• Hurtz, Link, and Smith, Georgia Law of Torts Forms, Thomson-West, 2002, KFG 195 .G48 Forms 2002 (READY REFERENCE).
• Maleski, Proof of Causation in Private Tort Actions in Georgia, Harrison, 1986 (1998 Supp.), KFG 540.4 .M354. Located in row 6 of the Law Library general stacks.
• Royal, et al, Medical Torts in Georgia: A Handbook on State and Federal Law, 2006 ed., Thomson-West, 2005, KFG 195 .M43 2005 (READY REFERENCE).

Women’s Rights

• Saylor and Brown, eds., Women and the Law: A Guide to Women’s Legal Rights in Georgia, The Georgia Commission on Women and the Georgia Department of Law 1995, KFG 91 .W6 W66 1995. Located in row 4 of the Law Library general stacks.

Workers’ Compensation

• Hiers and Potter, Georgia Workers’ Compensation: Law and Practice, 4th ed., Harrison, 1999, KFG 342 .H54 1999 (READY REFERENCE).
• Hood, Hardy, and Cook, Georgia Workers’ Compensation Claims: with Forms, 4th ed., Harrison, 2001, KFG 342 .Q55 2001 (READY REFERENCE).
• Kissiah, Georgia Worker’s Compensation Law, 2nd ed., LexisNexis, 2002, KFG 342.K57 2001 (READY REFERENCE).

Wrongful Death

• Cleary, Eldridge’s Georgia Wrongful Death Actions with Forms, 3rd ed., Harrison, 1998, KFG 197 .D25 E4 1998 (READY REFERENCE).

This Research Guide was last updated June 29, 2006.