Books, in print or electronic format, are important secondary legal materials. They may be on broad topics such as constitutional law, criminal law, torts, or they may be on narrower subjects such as search and seizure or international human rights.
Books may either be called treatises or textbooks. Both are academic, scholarly works that offer contextual discussion of the law on a particular topic. They offer analysis and interpretation assistance and point to useful case authorities.
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