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Firearms law and the Second Amendment : regulation, rights, and policy

Title
Firearms law and the Second Amendment : regulation, rights, and policy / Nicholas J. Johnson [and others].
Publication
New York : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, ©2012.

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Additional Authors
Johnson, Nicholas J.
Description
xxix, 1008 pages; 26 cm.
Series Statement
Aspen casebook series
Uniform Title
Aspen casebook series.
Subject
  • United States
  • Constitution (United States)
  • Firearms > Law and legislation > United States
  • Gun control > United States
  • Firearms > Law and legislation
  • Gun control
Genre/Form
  • Casebooks (Law)
  • Recueils de cas.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. xxix) and index.
Contents
A brief introduction to firearms and their regulation -- Antecedents of the Second Amendment -- The colonies and the revolution -- The new constitution -- The right to arms, militias, and slavery in the early republic and antebellum periods -- Reconstruction and beyond -- A new and dangerous century -- Between Miller and Heller : the Second Amendment in the modern era -- The Supreme Court affirms an individual right to arms -- Firearms policy and status : race, gender, age, disability, and sexual orientation -- Applying the affirmed right to arms -- Social science -- International law -- Comparative law -- In-depth explanation of firearms and ammunition.
ISBN
  • 9781454805113
  • 1454805110
LCCN
2011049656
OCLC
  • ocn767256592
  • 767256592
  • SCSB-1672390
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library