Civil liberties and the Constitution: cases and commentaries (9th ed.)

Updated in a new 9th edition, this casebook explores civil liberty problems through a study of leading judicial decisions.

It offers a reasonable sample of cases across a broad spectrum of rights and liberties.

This book introduces groups of featured cases with in-depth commentaries that set the specific historical-legal context of which they are a part, allowing readers to examine significant portions of court opinions, including major arguments from majority, concurring, and dissenting opinions.