The positive second amendment : rights, regulation, and the future of Heller / Joseph Blocher, Darrell A. H. Miller.
Blocher, Joseph, author.; Miller, Darrell A. H., 1972- author.
2018
KF3941 .B56 2018 (Mapit)
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Title The positive second amendment : rights, regulation, and the future of Heller / Joseph Blocher, Darrell A. H. Miller.
Author Blocher, Joseph, author.
ISBN 9781316611289 (paperback)
1316611280 (paperback)
9781107158696 (hardcover)
1107158699 (hardcover)
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Language English
Description xi, 203 pages ; 23 cm.
Call Number KF3941 .B56 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification 344.7305/33
Summary "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 The Positive Second Amendment, Blocher and Miller provide the first comprehensive post-Heller account of the history, theory, and law of the right to keep and bear arms. Their aim is not to pick sides in the gun debate, but rather to show how a positive account of the "constitutional" Second Amendment differs from its political cousin. Understanding the right to keep and bear arms as constitutional law will challenge many deeply held beliefs. But it may also provide a better way to negotiate the seemingly intractable issues that afflict our nation's debate over gun rights and regulation"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Miller, Darrell A. H., 1972- author.
Series Cambridge studies on civil rights and civil liberties.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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Introduction: the gun debate and the Constitution
Gun rights and regulation in American history
Militias, private purposes, and the road to Heller
Understanding Heller
Heller's aftermath : "a vast terra incognita"
The constitutional grammar of the Second Amendment
What is the Second Amendment for?
Second Amendment law and the gun debate.

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