KRS 446.082: Published statement or restatement of law does not constitute law or policy

of Commonwealth -- Common law adopted in absence of constitutional or

statutory treatment.

(1) A statement or restatement of the law in any legal treatise, scholarly publ ication,

textbook, or other explanatory text shall not constitute the law or public policy of

the Commonwealth of Kentucky. No Kentucky court shall treat any such

publication or text as controlling authority.

(2) In the absence of a constitutional section or a statute on a given matter, Kentucky

shall be deemed to have adopted the common law.