Legal treatise

Legal treatise

A legal treatise is a scholarly legal publication containing all the law relating to a particular area, such as criminal law or trusts and estates.

Legal treatises are useful as a starting point for legal research, particularly when the researcher lacks familiarity with the area of law which he or she must research. Lawyers commonly use legal treatises in order to review the law and update their knowledge of pertinent case law and statutes. They are sometimes used in law schools as additional study materials, as treatises often cover legal subjects at a higher level of detail than most casebooks do.

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