Understanding Supreme Court Opinions

By Tyll R. van Geel and T R Van Geel

Book Overview

"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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080131741X
• ISBN13: 9780801317415
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Length: 155 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Learn how to read those tedious Supreme Court decisions.

I found Professor van Geel's book to be quite informative. It definitely helped in understanding how a justice of the Supreme Court would come to a conclusion in a case.