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A treatise is a formal and systematic written discourse on some subject concerned with investigating or exposing the principles of the subject and its conclusions. [1] A monograph is a treatise on a specialized topic.
A Treatise on the Astrolabe; A Treatise on the Binomial Theorem; A Treatise on the Circle and the Sphere; Treatise on the Faith and Practice of the Free Will Baptists; A Treatise on the Family; Treatise on the Gods; Treatise on the Law of the Prerogatives of the Crown; Treatise on the Left Emanation; A Treatise on the Patriarchal, or Co ...
A legal treatise is a scholarly legal publication containing all the law relating to a particular area, such as criminal law or trusts and estates.There is no fixed usage on what books qualify as a "legal treatise", with the term being used broadly to define books written for practicing attorneys and judges, textbooks for law students, and explanatory texts for laypersons. [1]
[5] [6] It is for the common good because the end or telos of law is the good of the community it binds, and not merely the good of the lawmaker or a special interest group. [4] It is made by the proper authority who has "care of the community", and not arbitrarily imposed by outsiders. It is promulgated so that the law can be known. He says:
On Christian Doctrine) is a theological treatise of the English poet and thinker John Milton (1608–1674), containing a systematic exposition of his religious views. The Latin manuscript "De Doctrina" was found in 1823 and published in 1825. The authorship of the work is debatable.
Montalvo begins this treatise by affirming that, although all human races have great differences, their origin is unique. [4] He takes Montesquieu and his study on the climatological influence on the development of the distinctive features of races as a reference, although he does not agree with his criterion that all racial differences are caused, simply, by changes in climate. [1]
Under the Federal Rules of Evidence 803 (18), either party can introduce a learned treatise as evidence, irrespective of whether it is being used to rebut the opposing party. Such texts are now considered an exception to hearsay, with two limitations: [3] For the learned treatise to be introduced, there must be an expert witness on the stand;
Descartes wrote the treatise in response to an acute philosophical anxiety, and yet in doing so, he risked destroying the entirety of his previous work and the Cartesian system. The problem arises from the fact that the passions, inextricably based in human nature, threaten the supremacy of the thinking subject on which Descartes based his ...