I Recommend

America's Constitution: A Biography
by Akhil Reed Amar
$18.00
Random House
978-0-8129-7272-6

Amar's "biography" of the Constitution is utterly fascinating. He discusses every paragraph and almost every sentence. He describes why each clause was needed, how it was interpreted then, and how the interpretation has changed over time.

Akhil Reed Amar is Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School.