Research Guides: Researching Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility: Treatises

Overview

A legal treatise is a book or set of books on a legal topic that are written by experts. Sometimes students get confused between "treatise" and "treaty." A treatise is a scholarly book or set of books about a legal topic. It is a secondary source. A treaty is a primary source legal agreement between countries. A good treatise is thorough, explaining and even critiquing, the law. A treatise can be an extremely useful secondary source for research because it gathers such detailed information on a particular legal topic or issue into one publication.

You can find legal ethics treatises for specific practice areas and specific jurisdictions, as well as general treatises.

Finding Tools Within Treatises

Indexes

Table of Contents

Updating

Many treatises are updated by pocket parts or supplements. Some treatises, known as "loose-leafs" are updated by new pages being inserted into a binder.

Books available through Lexis, Westlaw & Bloomberg Law

Lexis

If looking for a specific book, type the title of the book in the search box.
To find treatises by subject: Click Practice Area > Legal Ethics > All Legal Ethics Treatises, Guides & Jurisprudence

Westlaw

If looking for a specific book, type the title of the book in the search box or Browse Secondary Sources
If you want books arranged by subject, go to Secondary Sources and under By Topic select Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Bloomberg Law

Click the Secondary Sources tab
Click Browse Books & Treatises
Either Search Books by Subject Matter or browse (by publisher or practice area)

ABA / Bloomberg Law Lawyers' Manual of Professional Conduct

A one stop shopping resource for legal ethics is the ABA / Bloomberg Law Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct. You can access the ABA / BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct through our Bloomberg Law subscription.

Search or browse the Practice Guides and Practice Guide Archives to find analysis of the law and rules related to legal ethics and professional responsibility.
ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct
ABA Model Standards & Rules
ABA Ethics Opinions
Search Digest of State Ethics Opinions
Search Professional Responsibility Court Opinions

OneSearch

Always check OneSearch first to see if a book is available in the Law Library or another UC library.

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