Look for a " TOC" link (often on the upper right side of your screen). If you are reading a treatise in Westlaw or Lexis, you can still use these tools instead of searching the full text of the treatise. The descriptions below refer to the places these tools appear in print treatises. These features are the index and the table of contents. There are, however, certain features common to treatises that allow you to locate specific information. How you use a treatise can vary depending on its form: be it a single volume, a multivolume set of books, a hardbound book versus a collection of loose-leaf pages in binder form, etc. Therefore, finding a treatise covering an unfamiliar area of law can be a great time-saver for legal researchers. Plus, like all of the most useful secondary sources, treatises contain a wealth of references and citations to related primary authorities (cases, statutes, and administrative rules and regulations), and they also contain analysis and commentary on the law in that area. Making the research task more difficult is the fact that most treatises don't contain the word "treatise" in their titles.Ī treatise can serve as an extremely useful secondary source for research because it collects detailed information on a particular legal topic or issue in one publication. Some are one-volume monographs, while others are multivolume sets. Some are updated yearly with softbound supplements or pocket parts, while others contain loose-leaf pages that are updated more frequently. Unfortunately, there is no standard format for treatises.
A legal treatise is a comprehensive publication on a single topic, usually written by a law professor, judge, or expert practitioner in the field.
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