Pennsylvania Civil Practice Resources: PA Subject-Specific Treatises

Treatises provide in-depth guidance on various subject areas within the law, such as contract law, DUI law, civil procedure, criminal law, and many others. Treatises will generally provide more focused and detailed treatment of a subject area than encyclopedias (with encyclopedias having a broader scope).

Treatises vary in scope, content, organization, and level of treatment. Some include explanations of procedures, some include sample forms, and some include both type of resources.

Westlaw provides a number of PA subject-specific legal treatises, including:

• Standard Pennsylvania Practice 2d (comprehensive "how-to" discussion of PA criminal and civil procedure, including template forms).
• Goodrich-Amram 2d (discussing the PA rules of civil procedure with notes, citations, commentaries, and over 400 procedural forms).
• Discovery (providing a framework for discovery rules under PA law).
• Evidence (providing comprehensive coverage and annotations of the PA rules of evidence).
• Pennsylvania Family Law Practice and Procedure With Forms (discussing the major issues in Pennsylvania family law practice)
• Pennsylvania Probate and Estate Administration (providing both a reference for probate attorneys and a practical guide for personal representatives and trust officers).
• Pennsylvania Torts, Law, & Advocacy (examining key issues affecting tort cases, such as negligence, informed consent, assumption of risk, and time limitations).

Full list of Westlaw PA texts & treatises

Lexis provides a number of PA subject-specific legal treatises, including:

• Corbin on Pennsylvania Contracts (discussing PA contract law).
• Ohlbaum on the Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence (providing quick access to the complete text of the new Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence, plus annotations to leading cases on point).
• Pennsylvania Causes of Action (compiling outlines on theories of recovery under Pennsylvania law, providing defenses and statutes of limitations).
• Pennsylvania Civil Pretrial Practice (providing in-depth practical guidance on Pennsylvania law and procedure with step-by-step guidance essential to effectively managing each step of the pre-trial process in a civil lawsuit).
• Remick's Pennsylvania's Orphan's Court Practice (providing materials needed to practice in the Orphans' Court: text, statutes, and forms for every area of estates law).
• Pennsylvania Tax Handbook (providing guidance on PA state and local taxes).

Full list of Lexis PA treatises.

Some of the LRC's print resources regarding Pennsylvania civil practice are listed below. To find additional resources from the LRC collection, please search our library catalog or contact a reference librarian.