The Second Amendment: Gun Rights and Regulation (University Casebook Series) - Hardcover

Blocher, Joseph; Charles, Jacob; Madeira, Jody; Miller, Darrell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1636599745 ISBN 13: 9781636599748

Publisher: Foundation Press, 2025

Synopsis

Approach

This casebook provides a comprehensive overview of the Second Amendment from its historical roots in England and the colonies through the doctrinal transformations of the past seventeen years, including the watershed decisions in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008) and New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), as well as broader questions regarding gun rights and regulation and how they interact with other rights and interests.

The book is designed to meet a substantial demand among academics and law students for a balanced and accessible introduction to the field of firearms law and a synthesis of the emerging doctrine and theoretical foundations of the right to keep and bear arms.

Chapters

The casebook is structured in three major components.

Part I of the book, consisting of Chapters 1-3, provides background material to understand the debate in firearms law (Chapter 1), Heller’s significance (Chapter 2), and the Reconstruction-era context that leads to McDonald’s incorporation decision, that makes the Second Amendment applicable to states and localities as well as the federal government. (Chapter 3).

Part II, Chapters 4-7, (more...)

Edition details

• Publisher: Foundation Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1636599745
• ISBN 13: 9781636599748
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 653