Gun Control and the Constitution

The Courts, Congress, and the Second Amendment
Erscheinungsjahr 1994
ISBN: 978-0-8153-1666-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 689 g

First Published in 1993. This volume is a collection of legal and historical material of the second amendment that includes court cases and decisions, law review articles and gives a balanced view of both sides of the debate.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cottrol, Robert J.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION II. INTRODUCTION TO GUN CONTROL AND THE CONSTITUTION III. COURT OPINIONS Aymette vs. The State; Presser v. Illinois; United States v. Miller et al; IV. CONGRESS Firearms Owners’ Protection Act; Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act; V. GENERAL TOPICS Handgun Prohibition and the Original Meaning of the Second Amendment; The Embarrassing Second Amendment; Arms, Anarchy and the Second Amendment; VI. THE ENGLISH BACKGROUND Standing Armies and Armed Citizens: An Historical Analysis of the Second Amendment; The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms: The Common Law Tradition; VII. CITIZENSHIP, REPUBLICANISM, AND THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS The Ideological Origns of the Second Amendment; An Armed Community: The Origins and Meaning of the Right to Bear Arms; Civic Republicanism and the Citizen Militia: The Terrifying Second Amendment; The Fourteenth Amendment and The Right To Keep and Bear Arms: The Intent of the Framers; The Second Amendment: Toward an Afro-Americanist Reconsideration

Über Autor(innen)

Robert J. Cottrol RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY SCHOOL OF LAW