Understanding Supreme Court Opinions

The Fifth Edition has been thoroughly updated, incorporating throughout material on opinions issued by the Supreme Court since the last edition. It also includes: a substantial revision of Chapter 4 The Legal Materials Used in Building a Constitutional Opinion to make major points clearer to students; a modification of Chapter 7 Strategies of Justification to make it more accessible; a sample brief in Chapter 8 to illustrate writing a brief; a new feature Practical Pointers following the first seven chapters and designed to help students use constitutional materials in making legal arguments; additional coverage of issues related to terrorism.Van Geel, T. R. is the author of 'Understanding Supreme Court Opinions ', published 2006 under ISBN 9780321424105 and ISBN 0321424107.