That Every Man Be Armed: The Evolution of a Constitutional Right. Revised and Updated Edition.

That Every Man Be Armed, the first scholarly book on the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, has played a significant role in constitutional debate and litigation since it was first published in 1984. Halbrook traces the right to bear arms from ancient Greece and Rome to the English republicans, then to the American Revolution and Constitution, through the Reconstruction period extending the right to African Americans, and onward to today’s controversies. With reviews of recent literature and court decisions, this new edition ensures that Halbrook’s study remains the most comprehensive general work on the right to keep and bear arms.

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That Every Man Be Armed: The Evolution of a Constitutional Right. Revised and Updated Edition.

That Every Man Be Armed, the first scholarly book on the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, has played a significant role in constitutional debate and litigation since it was first published in 1984. Halbrook traces the right to bear arms from ancient Greece and Rome to the English republicans, then to the American Revolution and Constitution, through the Reconstruction period extending the right to African Americans, and onward to today’s controversies. With reviews of recent literature and court decisions, this new edition ensures that Halbrook’s study remains the most comprehensive general work on the right to keep and bear arms.

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That Every Man Be Armed: The Evolution of a Constitutional Right. Revised and Updated Edition.

That Every Man Be Armed: The Evolution of a Constitutional Right. Revised and Updated Edition.

by Stephen P. Halbrook
That Every Man Be Armed: The Evolution of a Constitutional Right. Revised and Updated Edition.

That Every Man Be Armed: The Evolution of a Constitutional Right. Revised and Updated Edition.

by Stephen P. Halbrook

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That Every Man Be Armed, the first scholarly book on the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, has played a significant role in constitutional debate and litigation since it was first published in 1984. Halbrook traces the right to bear arms from ancient Greece and Rome to the English republicans, then to the American Revolution and Constitution, through the Reconstruction period extending the right to African Americans, and onward to today’s controversies. With reviews of recent literature and court decisions, this new edition ensures that Halbrook’s study remains the most comprehensive general work on the right to keep and bear arms.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780826352996
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication date: 02/15/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 336
File size: 694 KB

About the Author

Stephen P. Halbrook’s recent books include The Founders’ Second Amendment and The Swiss and the Nazis. He is an attorney in Fairfax, Virginia, whose works are cited by the Supreme Court.

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