Going beyond the typical review, attorney Maddex offers surprises on a full range of issues from abortion to zoning. He provides biographies of leading legal lights, a very useful set of historic milestones, and a careful assessment of important cases such as Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka and Hamdi v. Rumsfeld. He includes a full range of resources such as charters, plans, amendments, and articles of ratification, a table of cases, bibliography and list of Internet sites. Fully illustrated with period graphics, photos, political cartoons and line art, this is suitable for high school on up. CQ Press is a division of SAGE. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)