Van Geel, Tyll.

Understanding Supreme Court opinions / T.R. van Geel. - 5th ed. - New York : Pearson/Longman, c2007. - xii, 164 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

The Supreme Court : policy maker and teacher -- The constitution in a nutshell -- Opinion writing in the Supreme Court -- The legal materials used in building a constitutional opinion -- Tests or standards of review -- Precedent -- Strategies of justification -- Understanding a Supreme Court opinion.

0321424107 (pbk.)

2006-012235


United States. Supreme Court.


Judicial process--United States.
Judicial opinions--United States.
Constitutional law--United States.

KF8742 / .V36 2007

347.73/26