The positive Second Amendment rights, regulation, and the future of Heller
The Second Amendment is among the most recognized provisions of the Constitution. It is also perhaps the most misunderstood. Common misconceptions about the amendment - what it forbids, what it permits, how it functions as law - distort the gun debate and America's constitutional culture. In Th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2018
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| Series: | Cambridge studies on civil rights and civil liberties
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction: The Gun Debate and the Constitution; 1. Gun Rights and Regulation in American History; 2. Militias, Private Purposes, and the Road to Heller; 3. Understanding Heller; 4. Heller's Aftermath: "A Vast Terra Incognita"; 5. The Constitutional Grammar of the Second Amendment; 6. What is the Second Amendment for?; 7. Second Amendment Law and the Gun Debate