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.