Individual Rights and Liberties Under the U.S. Constitution references more than 2,500 U.S. Supreme Court opinions and covers ten major decisional areas: general issues of constitutional rights; procedural rights; personal inviolability and liberty; substantive guarantees against criminal or civil penalties; personal or family privacy and autonomy; searches and seizures; freedoms of conscience, thought, and religion; freedoms of speech, press, assembly, and association; substantive protection of property rights and economic interests; and equal protection. It also includes a comprehensive introductory chapter on the Supreme Court.