Treatises

Treatises: 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.

The Arthashastra, probably compiled around 100 AD (although it contains older material), and the Manusmriti (c. 100-300 AD) were foundational treatises in India, and comprise texts considered authoritative legal guidance.

The commentaries not so entirely concerned with the text were called Apparatus; and Summae was the name given to general treatises. The first of these works are of capital importance in the formation of a systematic canon T law.

Among the many modern treatises on the law of evidence those of J. H. Wigmore are often accorded the highest authority. See also studies by M. J. Saks and R. Van Duizend (1983); P. Achinstein (1984); I. Younger and M. Goldsmith (1984); J. H.

The monuments where the common law is to be found, are the records, reports of cases adjudicated by the courts, and the treatises of learned men.

Secondary authority - Legal encyclopedias, treatises, legal texts, law review articles, and citators. Writings which set forth the opinion of the writer as to the law.

The production or reference to the text of acts of legislatures, treatises and decided cases in order to support what is advanced.

See also: Treatise, Law, Count, Person, State