The Second Amendment on Trial : Critical Essays on District of Columbia V. Heller.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The D.C. Gun Case -- Section I: Historians Before the Court -- Brief of the Cato Institute and History Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent -- Brief of Amici Curiae Jack N. Rakove, Saul Cornell, David T. Konig, Lois G. Schwoerer et al. in Support of Petitioners -- Section II: Heller and Originalism -- Dead or Alive: Originalism as Popular Constitutionalism in Heller -- The Second Amendment, Heller, and Originalist Jurisprudence -- Section III: Heller and Constitutional Doctrine -- Of Guns, Abortions, and the Unraveling Rule of Law -- Second Amendment Minimalism: Heller as Griswold -- Section IV: Historical Research After Heller -- Originalism in a Digital Age: An Inquiry into the Right to Bear Arms -- Firearms, Militias, and the Second Amendment -- Appendix A: The Scholarly Landscape since Heller -- Appendix B: A Summary of the Major Briefs Submitted in Heller -- Appendix C: Articles Cited in Briefs -- Appendix D: Briefs and Articles Cited in Heller -- Index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.