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PublisherHarvard University Press

ISBN-100674893077

ISBN-139780674893078

eBay Product ID (ePID)1096919

Product Key Features

Number of Pages246 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameTo Keep and Bear Arms : the Origins of an Anglo-American Right

SubjectConstitutional, Civil Rights, Legal History, United States / General

Publication Year1996

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLaw, Political Science, History

AuthorJoyce Lee Malcolm

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight13.3 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

ReviewsJoyce Malcolm's book reminds us forcibly that arguments for gun ownership were, until quite recently, respectable and persuasive, and that gun control and peaceable behaviour appear to be unrelated phenomena., [Malcolm] provides a skillful analysis of how the Englishmen's duty to bear arms was transformed into a right to bear arms., A work of genuine excellence, as persuasive in its argument as it is unsettling in its implications...Malcolm's prose is both vigorous and elegant, and occasionally even witty, a virtue rarely to be found in a constitutional treatise. The book should generate a healthy debate about the future of gun control in America., A wide audience, including social scientists, historians, lawyers, and anyone interested in the gun-ownership debate, should welcome this concise, well-written history.

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal344.4/2/0533/09

Table Of ContentPreface 1. A People Armed 2. Bearing Arms through War and Revolution 3. The Dissidents Disarmed 4. The Gentleman's Game 5. Enforcement of Arms Restrictions 6. James II and Control of Firearms 7. Arms for Their Defence: The Making of a "True, Ancient, and Indubitable Right" 8. The Second Amendment and the English Legacy Afterword Abbreviations Notes Index

SynopsisJoyce Malcolm illuminates the historical facts underlying the current passionate debate in America about gun-related violence, the Brady Bill, and the National Rifle Association, revealing the original meaning and intentions behind the individual right to "bear arms.", Joyce Malcolm illuminates the historical facts underlying the current passionate debate about gun-related violence, the Brady Bill, and the NRA, revealing the original meaning and intentions behind the individual right to "bear arms." Few on either side of the Atlantic realize that this extraordinary, controversial, and least understood liberty was a direct legacy of English law. This book explains how the Englishmen's hazardous duty evolved into a right, and how it was transferred to America and transformed into the Second Amendment. Malcolm's story begins in turbulent seventeenth-century England. She shows why English subjects, led by the governing classes, decided that such a dangerous public freedom as bearing arms was necessary. Entangled in the narrative are shifting notions of the connections between individual ownership of weapons and limited government, private weapons and social status, the citizen army and the professional army, and obedience and resistance, as well as ideas about civilian control of the sword and self-defense. The results add to our knowledge of English life, politics, and constitutional development, and present a historical analysis of a controversial Anglo-American legacy, a legacy that resonates loudly in America today.