Treatises
Treatises in the One-L Dictionary
A text that provides critical, interpretative, evaluative or foundational material on an area of law. A treatise is often less detailed and critical than a law review article, but more in-depth than a legal encyclopedia entry.
Note: This Treatises definition in the One-L Dictionary for new law students is from Harvard Law School (HLS).
Treatises in other One-L Dictionary
A text that provides interpretive, evaluative, or foundational material on an area of law
Treatises from the Washington and Lee University School of Law Dictionary.
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Treatises are scholarly secondary sources, which provide the readers or users with an analysis of the law in an area, the background to the law’s development, and more detailed examples to the various possible alternative developments for a particular area (find out more about legal research). They will often argue the direction the law should be developed, pushing it to the cutting edge (find out more about legal research). How respected or authoritative a particular treatise is will depend on the respect a court will have for that author (find out more about legal research).
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