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Real Law Society Press

The publishing division of the Society.

The Press publishes treatises, practice manuals, foundations volumes, reference works, historical monographs, and institutional reports — written from primary authority and reviewed by faculty before they enter the catalogue.

§ I

On the Press

The imprint of the institution.

The Real Law Society Press is the publishing division of the Society. It exists for one purpose: to issue enduring works on primary legal authority under the imprint of the institution.

Every publication belongs to one of six permanent series. The series are closed for redesign and open for extension — successive works are added as additional volumes, never as departures from the architecture.

The Press accepts no instruction from outside the Society. Its editorial standards are written, its review process is documented, and its prior editions are retained in the archive of the institution.

§ II

Publication Series

Six permanent collections.

Every publication of the Press belongs to one of six series. The series are the working architecture of the institutional catalogue.

I

Treatise Series

The Real Law Society Treatise Series

Long-form doctrinal works. A treatise reads a body of law against its governing instruments and the cases that construe them.

Editorial Note

Each treatise is read against the controlling statute, the regulation that implements it, and the leading appellate authority. Faculty review is required before publication.

II

Practice Manual Series

Practice Manual Series

Procedural manuals for practitioners and pro se litigants. The discipline of the form, the filing, and the record.

Editorial Note

Practice manuals are kept current to the controlling rules and forms. Revisions are issued as the rules change; the prior edition is retained in the archive.

III

Foundations Series

Foundations Series

Educational guides for students of the Academy. The hierarchy of authority, the reading of statutes, and the architecture of citation.

Editorial Note

Foundations volumes are written for the entering student. They presume no prior training and end where the Schools begin.

IV

Reference Library Series

Reference Library Series

Reference works, tables of authority, codifications, and concordances assembled for sustained desk use.

Editorial Note

Reference works are maintained against the official source. Each entry carries a citation that the reader can verify.

V

Historical Research Series

Historical Research Series

Research monographs in legal history and doctrinal development — how a rule came to be what it is.

Editorial Note

Historical monographs are sourced to the period record: session laws, court reports, treatises, and contemporary commentary.

VI

Institutional Reports

Institutional Reports

Annual reports, white papers, and policy statements of the Society on the state of primary legal authority.

Editorial Note

Institutional reports speak for the Society. They are issued under the imprint of the institution and reviewed by the standing editorial committee.

§ III

From the Catalogue

Featured publications.

A selection of works in press and forthcoming, drawn from across the six series.

§ IV

Recently Published

The catalogue, in order of issue.

A bibliographic list of the most recent additions to the catalogue of the Press.

§ V

Editorial Standards

The standards of the Press.

Seven standing principles that govern every publication issued under the imprint of the Society.

  1. I

    Research

    Every publication proceeds from the controlling instrument — the statute, the regulation, the recorded source — read in its received form.

  2. II

    Primary Authority

    Secondary sources are cited as commentary on primary authority, never as substitutes for it.

  3. III

    Citation

    Citations are conformed to a single house style and are written so the reader can return to the source.

  4. IV

    Verification

    Every citation in every volume is verified against the official text before the work enters the catalogue.

  5. V

    Revision History

    Editions are dated and the prior edition is retained. The reader can see what changed and when.

  6. VI

    Editorial Independence

    The Press is governed by the standing editorial committee of the Society and accepts no instruction from outside the institution.

  7. VII

    Institutional Review

    Every publication is reviewed by faculty of the relevant School before publication and after each material revision.

§ VI

Publication Process

From commission to imprint.

Every publication of the Press proceeds through the same sequence — from commission, through review, to the catalogue.

  1. Commission

    A work is commissioned by the editorial committee on the recommendation of a School, against the standing scope of one of the six series.

  2. Manuscript

    The faculty prepares the manuscript from primary authority. Every citation is keyed to the controlling source.

  3. Editorial Review

    The editorial committee reads the manuscript for accuracy, citation, and conformance to house style.

  4. Faculty Review

    The manuscript is read by faculty of the relevant School. Disagreements are reconciled or noted in the apparatus.

  5. Publication

    The work enters the catalogue under the imprint of the Press, with its volume, edition, and date of publication.

  6. Revision

    Subsequent editions are published as the controlling sources change. The prior edition is retained in the archive.

§ VII

Citation Policy

On citation.

Citations in the publications of the Press are conformed to a single house style. The style is written for the reader who must return to the source — not for the convenience of the writer.

Each publication carries a preferred citation on its detail record. Readers citing the work in scholarship are asked to use the preferred form, which names the faculty, the title, the series, the volume, and the edition.

§ VIII

Related Schools

The faculties of the Academy.

Each publication of the Press is the work of a School. The following Schools are represented in the current catalogue.

§ IX

Related Library Divisions

The divisions of the archive.

The publications of the Press draw from, and return to, the divisions of the Research Library.

§ X

Browse by Subject

The catalogue, classified.

A metadata projection of the same catalogue records, arranged by subject. Each entry links into the catalogue above; the canonical publication record remains at /publications/$slug.

§ XI

Browse by Author

The catalogue, by faculty.

A metadata projection of the same catalogue records, arranged by author. The publication record remains the canonical representation of each work.

§ XII

Catalogue by Year

The catalogue, in chronological order.

A chronological projection of the same catalogue records, newest first. Each entry resolves to its canonical publication record.

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The Press

Read the institution.

The catalogue of the Press is the working scholarship of the Society. New publications are issued as the work of the Schools matures.

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