A Right to Bear Arms?: The Contested Role of History in Contemporary Debates on the Second Amendment

By: Barton C. Hacker and Jennifer Tucker and Margaret Vining

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Synopsis: This collection of essays explores the way history itself has become a contested element within the national legal debate about firearms. The debate over the Second Amendment has unveiled new and useful information about the history of guns and their possession and meaning in the United States of America. History itself has become contested ground in the debate about firearms and in the interpretation of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Specifically this collection of essays gives special attention to the important and often overlooked dimension of the applications of history in the law. These essays illustrate the complexity of the firearms debate, the relation between law and behavior, and the role that historical knowledge plays in contemporary debates over law and policy. Wide-ranging and stimulating The Right to Bear Arms is bound to captivate both historians and casual readers alike.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781944466268
Related ISBNs:: 9781944466251
Publisher:: Smithsonian
Date of Addition:: 02/08/20
Copyrighted By:: Smithsonian Institution
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Margaret Vining
Edited by:: Barton C. Hacker
Edited by:: Jennifer Tucker