The mythic meanings of the Second Amendment : taming political violence in a constitutional republic /

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David Williams offers a new reading of the Second Amendment suggesting that it guarantees to individuals a right to arms only insofar as they are part of a united & consensual people so that their uprising can be a unified revolution rather than a civil war.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, David C., 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2003.
Temas:
United States. > Constitution. > 2nd Amendment > History.
États-Unis. > Constitution. > 2nd Amendment.
Constitution (United States)
Firearms > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Political violence > United States > History.
Government, Resistance to > United States > History.
Armes à feu > Droit > États-Unis > Histoire.
Violence politique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Résistance au gouvernement > États-Unis > Histoire.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
LAW > Constitutional.
Firearms > Law and legislation
Government, Resistance to
Militia
Political violence
Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law.
Constitutional & administrative law: general.
Law.
United States > Militia.
États-Unis > Milice.
United States
Computer network resources.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The background of the framers' thinking
  • The history of the Second Amendment
  • The original legal meaning of the Second Amendment and the military provisions of the constitution
  • Antirevolutionists
  • Libertarians and populists
  • The militia movement's theory of the Second Amendment
  • Outgroups and the Second Amendment
  • The silent crisis
  • Redeeming the people.

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