Restatements

legal treatises that “restate” common law principles. Restatements are published and assembled by legal scholars who examine holdings in various jurisdictions and attempt to explain what the prevailing or majority view (and often the minority view) of a legal principle is.

Courts often refer to their principles and sometimes adopt specific provisions and make them binding law in a particular jurisdiction. Restatements often reflect trends in the law and describe the policies underlying a particular legal principle.