Restatement of the Law

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"Restatements of the Law, aka Restatements, are a series of treatises that articulate the principles or rules for a specific area of law." They are secondary sources of law written and published by the American Law Institute (ALI) to clarify the law. Restatements currently exist for 20 areas of law such as Contracts, Trusts, and Torts.

The Restatements aren't freely available online. They are regularly revised & re-published. Hard copies may be purchased from ALI for each volume separately.

Online pay subscriptions to access the Restatements are available through:

  1. HeinOnline (HOL)
  2. LexisNexis
  3. Westlaw