Guns in law /

"Weapons have been a source of political and legal debate for centuries. Aristotle considered the possession of arms a fundamental source of political power and wrote that tyrants "mistrust the people and deprive them of their arms." Today ownership of weapons -- whether handguns or m...

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Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Awduron Eraill: Sarat, Austin (Golygydd), Douglas, Lawrence (Golygydd), Umphrey, Martha Merrill (Golygydd)
Fformat: Licensed eBooks
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press [2019]
Cyfres:Amherst series in law, jurisprudence, and social thought.
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvk3gkp9
Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; An Introduction: The Contested Legal Meanings of Guns; Chapter 1. The Changing Meaning of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms: 1688-1788: Neglected Common Law Contexts of the Second Amendment Debate; Chapter 2. The Expressive Second Amendment; Chapter 3. Guns, Interpretation, and Executive Branch Constitutionalism; Chapter 4. The Hard, Simple Truth about Gun Control; Chapter 5. Merely Regulation?: How Gun Law Matters for Public Law Enforcement
  • Chapter 6. Good Moms with Guns: Individual and Relational Rights in the Home, Family, and SocietyContributors; Index; Back Cover