A Division of the Library
Curated bodies of authority gathered by subject across the divisions.
§ I
Introduction
Scope of the Division
Research Collections
10 catalogued
The Research Collections gather authority across the divisions by subject. Each collection draws together statutes, regulations, opinions, and treatises that bear upon a single field of study.
§ II
What Belongs Here
A division collects materials of a single kind. The following are the working classes of record.
Subject-organized bibliographies that cross division boundaries
Collections curated in support of the Schools of the Academy
Working bibliographies of the Society's editorial program
§ III
Research Notes
Notes for the reader on how the materials are catalogued and consulted.
A collection is a path through the catalogue, not a substitute for the divisions themselves.
Collections are revised as the underlying record is revised.
§ IV
The Research Collections
Each collection draws together statutes, regulations, opinions, and treatises that bear upon a single field. Use a collection as a path; return to the divisions for the record itself.
Collection
The Uniform Commercial Code and the federal law of commercial paper, secured transactions, and sales.
Read against Articles 2, 3, and 9 of the U.C.C.; supplemented by federal banking regulation.
Draws from · Statutes · Regulations · Treatises
Collection
Estates in land, recorded instruments, and the chain of title.
Read against state recording statutes and the leading hornbooks on real property.
Draws from · Statutes · Judicial Opinions · Treatises
Collection
The instrument, the governing statute, and the fiduciary duties of the trustee.
Read against the Uniform Trust Code and the Restatement (Third) of Trusts.
Draws from · Statutes · Treatises
Collection
Judicial and non-judicial foreclosure, with the rules of procedure and the recorded record.
Read against state foreclosure statutes and the rules of the court of record.
Draws from · Statutes · Court Rules · Forms
Collection
The federal consumer credit statutes and the regulations that implement them.
Read against the Truth in Lending Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and Regulation Z.
Draws from · Statutes · Regulations · Administrative Guidance
Collection
The Internal Revenue Code, the Treasury regulations, and the interpretive guidance of the Service.
Read against Title 26 of the United States Code and Title 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Draws from · Statutes · Regulations · Administrative Guidance
Collection
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the controlling decisions that construe them.
Read against the Federal Rules, their advisory committee notes, and the leading procedural treatises.
Draws from · Court Rules · Judicial Opinions · Practice Manuals
Collection
The Constitution of the United States and the opinions of the Court that construe it.
Read against the text of the Constitution and the United States Reports.
Draws from · Constitutions · Judicial Opinions · Historical Documents
Collection
The antecedent instruments and the long development of the common law and equity.
Read against Magna Carta, the English statutes of received import, and the early American records.
Draws from · Historical Documents · Judicial Opinions
Collection
The hierarchy of authority, the discipline of citation, and the architecture of a research record.
Read against the Society's own working bibliographies and the standard citation manual of the bar.
Draws from · Treatises · Practice Manuals
§ VIII
Bibliographic Note
Collections are cited by name, with the year of the working bibliography.
Commercial Law Collection (Real Law Soc'y 2025)
§ IX
Within the Library
Authority does not respect divisional boundaries. The following divisions are consulted together with this one.
Statutes
Codified federal and state statutory law, organized by title and chapter.
Judicial Opinions
Selected opinions of the federal and state courts of record.
Treatises
Restatements, hornbooks, and reference works of accepted authority.
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