A Companion to the United States Constitution and Its Amendments, 5th Edition - Tapa dura

"Well organized and reliable, it is the best introductory guide to the Constitution currently available. It can be used for senior and AP classes in high schools, as well as college level introductions to the Constitution or courses on US government. Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers and lower-division undergraduate students." - Choice

This new edition updates the classic clause-by-clause examination of the Constitution and its Amendments as interpreted by the Supreme Court from 1789 to 2009. * Includes copies of original documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the U.S. Constitution * Provides a chronology of key events in constitutional history from the Magna Carta (1215) to the present * Each chapter has a bibliography of cases and/or primary and secondary materials, many of which are quite extensive * A glossary of key law and political science terms * Offers appendices, including a list of U.S. Supreme Court Justices and their dates of service and thumbnails of the 50 leading cases decided by the Supreme Court