Table Of ContentChapter 1 Foreword by Chief Judge Sol Wachtler , Chairman New York State Bicentennial Commission Chapter 2 Editors' Introduction: Restoring the Contexts of the Bill of Rights Chapter 3 The U.S. Bill of Rights in Historical Perspective Chapter 4 The Making of the Bill of Rights: 1787-1792 Chapter 5 The Bill of Rights: A Bibliographic Essay Chapter 6 Appendix: Augustine Davis Chapter 7 The RATIFICATIONS of the New Foederal Constitution, together wiht the AMENDMENTS, PROPOSED BY THE SEVERAL STATES (1788) Chapter 8 Author-Editor Index to Bibliographic Essay Chapter 9 Index
SynopsisThis book analyzes the intellectual and political origins and the historiographical context of the Bill of Rights.