This book is mostly about the Constitution - not a commentary on it, but a jeremiad about how it has been pounded, misconstrued, castrated, turned into the satire of what it was meant to be. I only selected a few instances in a sad litany of ineptness and defeat, of timidity and of vassalage, many of which left unhealed scorch marks on my own skin. It is not written particularly with constitutional jurists in mind, but it is intended to reach out to those, if any, who might still care. (Giovanni Bonello)