GA BAR Study Guide 2026
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📋 GA BAR Exam Format at a Glance
📚 GA BAR Topics to Study (69)
✍️ Sample GA BAR Questions & Answers
1. Under the 'danger invites rescue' doctrine, if a defendant negligently creates a peril that causes a bystander to attempt a rescue, who is liable if the rescuer is injured?
Under the danger-invites-rescue doctrine (Cardozo's rule), a negligent defendant is liable to rescuers injured while attempting to save the defendant's victim.
2. Under O.C.G.A. § 16-5-1, Georgia's felony murder rule imposes murder liability when:
Georgia's felony murder statute holds any felony participant liable for murder when a death results during the felony, without requiring intent to kill.
3. Under the Georgia LLC Act, what is the effect of a manager's unauthorized act that purports to bind a manager-managed LLC?
A manager's unauthorized act can still bind the LLC under apparent authority principles if the third party reasonably believed the manager had authority and lacked knowledge of the restriction.
4. A life tenant who allows the property to deteriorate beyond normal wear and tear may be liable for which doctrine?
The waste doctrine prohibits life tenants from acts (voluntary) or omissions (permissive) that permanently diminish the property's value to the remainderman.
5. A purchase money mortgage (PMM) given to the seller to finance the purchase of real property generally takes priority over:
A purchase money mortgage enjoys superpriority over judgment liens that attached to the property simultaneously with the buyer acquiring title.
6. In Georgia, what standard applies when determining if a defendant breached their duty of care?
The reasonable person standard is an objective test measuring the defendant's conduct against what a hypothetical prudent person would do in the same situation.