Faculty Highlights
Our faculty are leaders in scholarship, teaching and service, as detailed in our faculty profiles. Here are highlights of their recent achievements:
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Meyer presents “How Local Discrimination Promotes Global Public Goods” Wednesday, May 20, 2015 Associate Professor Timothy L. Meyer presented “How Local Discrimination Promotes Global Public Goods” at the Society for Environmental Law and Economics annual meeting during May. |
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Cohen presents on American policy in the Middle East Tuesday, May 19, 2015 Associate Professor Harlan G. Cohen presented at a Georgia Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society event titled “American Policy in the Middle East – Are There Constitutional Limits on Congress’ Power Over Foreign Affairs” during May. |
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Georgia landowners fight eminent domain over pipeline Tuesday, May 19, 2015 Smith Professor Peter A. Appel was quoted in Marketplace Business regarding his thoughts on a company’s use of eminent domain in order to construct a fuel pipeline on the Georgia coast. |
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Hellerstein’s treatise cited by U.S. Supreme Court Monday, May 18, 2015 Distinguished Research Professor & Francis Shackelford Distinguished Professor in Taxation Law Walter Hellerstein’s treatise “State Taxation” was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in the majority opinion in the Supreme Court case of Comptroller v. Wynne, for the proposition that the near-universal state practice is to provide credits against personal income taxes for such taxes paid to other states. |
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Sachs publishes article in U.C. Davis Law Review Monday, May 18, 2015 Alston Chair in Corporate Law Margaret V. Sachs has published “Superstar Judges As Entrepreneurs: The Untold Story Of Fraud-On-The-Market” in 48 U.C. Davis Law Review 1207 (2015). |