 For an explanation of the purpose of a restatement of law, see Restatement of the Law.Legal scholars and jurists have commented extensively on the Restatement, both in contrasting it with aspects of the first Restatement, and in evaluating its influence and effectiveness in reaching its stated objectives.It is in this context of "direct review" that one can find numerous arguments both favoring and criticizing some aspects of the Restatement as an independent source of legal scholarship.