The Law of Federal Courts, by Charles Wright. The Law of Securities Regulation, by Thomas Hazen. Securities Regulation in a Nutshell, by David Ratner. Nutshells Treatises Treatises are legal texts that are often multivolume in size. Treatises can vary in terms of style and analysis but they generally provide a detailed survey of a particular field of law.
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