The militia and the right to arms, or, How the Second Amendment fell silent

The militia and the right to arms, or, How the Second Amendment fell silent / H. Richard Uviller, William G. Merkel.

Author/creator	Uviller, H. Richard
Other author/creator	Merkel, William G., 1965-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Durham, N.C. ; London : Duke University Press, 2002.
Description	x, 338 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)	United States. Constitution. 2nd Amendment. Firearms--Law and legislation --United States. United States--Militia.

Series	Constitutional conflicts Constitutional conflicts. ^A327342
Contents	The gun in the American self-portrait -- The militia ideal in the American revolutionary era -- Madisonian structuralism: the place of the militia in the new American science of government -- The decay of the old militia, 1789-1840 -- The era of the volunteers, 1840-1903 -- The United States army and the United States Army National Guard in the twentieth century -- Text and context -- Other theories of meaning considered -- The Emerson case.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN	0822330318
ISBN	0822330172 (pbk.) :

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	UA42 .U95 2002	✔ Available	Place Hold