That’s the topic of a new article I’ve written for Liberty magazine. First year law students may be interested in observing the importance of contract law in the right of revolution against tyranny.
Also, the latest version of my draft article, Pacifist-Aggressives vs. the Second Amendment: An Analysis of Modern Philosophies of Compulsory Non-violence is now on-line. (3 Charleston Law Review, no. 1, forthcoming). VC readers first saw this article, as a working paper, last fall. It’s been significantly revised, in part thanks to helpful commenters from VC readers.