§ 2411.1.Short Title - Act Concerning Interpretation of Oklahoma Insurance Laws

Unlike the surrounding sections, which govern what evidence a jury may hear, Section 2411.1 addresses something different: how much weight a legal treatise, scholarly publication, textbook, or other explanatory text carries when it purports to state Oklahoma insurance law. Subsection B says such a statement doesn't constitute the law or public policy of Oklahoma, and isn't authoritative, if it purports to create, eliminate, expand, or restrict a cause of action, right, or remedy, or if it conflicts with the federal or state constitution, an Oklahoma statute, Oklahoma case law, other common law this state has adopted, or an existing cause of action or remedy.

In practice, the section tells courts not to treat outside commentary on insurance law as a substitute for the constitution, statutes, and case law that govern.