A collection of essays offering a comprehensive amendment-by-amendment, clause-by-clause account of the Bill of Rights' recent transmutation. The contributors explore the original meaning of the amendments, as well as the history, theory and practice behind those amendments.

Understanding the Bill of Rights, Charles Rice et al; Original Intent and the First Amendment, John S. Baker Jr et al; The Second Amendment and the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Stephen P. Halbrook and Don B. Kates Jr; Original Intent and the Fourth Amendment, Bradford P. Wilson et al; Due Process and the Administrative State, Christopher Wolfe; Private Property, the Takings Clause and Due Process, Harry N. Scheiber et al; Confessions, the Self-Incrimination Clause and Due Process, Ralph Rossum and Stephen J. Schulhofer; Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Raoul Berger et al; The Sixth Amendment and the Right to Counsel, William Gangi and Kathleen E. Brickey; The Seventh Amendment and the Right to Civil Jury Trial, Morris S. Arnold; Original Intent and the Ninth Amendment, Charles J. Cooper and Edward J. Erler; Original Intent and the Tenth Amendment, Eugene W. Hickok Jr and Paul J. Mishkin.