What is a legal treatise?
Legal treatises provide in-depth commentary and analysis of specific legal subjects. Treatises usually focus on a broader area of law, providing a more detailed analysis than other legal materials such as Nutshells and study aids.
Finding a treatise in the online catalog
Many books in the library may qualify as legal treatises. (see definition at left) there is no way to tell in advance of looking at a book if it might be a treatise.
To make the search a bit easier, the librarians have marked a few of the library holdings as treatises, so that a small sample can be easily located in the catalog. Doing a subject search on the term Legal Treatise in the online catalog will produce that limited list in the catalog.
Remember: Not every treatise will have that word in the title/description in the catalog. Likewise, not every treatise is a legal tratise.
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