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The Persistent Treatise, Dana Neacsu, Paul D. Callister
The Persistent Treatise, Dana Neacsu, Paul D. Callister
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The thesis of this paper is that the legal treatise remains a pillar of our legal system and its Rule of Law, despite variations in its quantitate citation, and diversity of its qualitative usage in our jurisprudence, especially at the United States Supreme Court level. We support this claim with empirical data and qualitative analysis. First, as shown here, treatises have a significant and healthy presence in case law, briefs, and secondary sources. More importantly, they are a stabilizing influence in our evolving rule of law.
We have studied the citation of treatises in state and federal courts. In terms …