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The Great Gun Control War of the 20th Century — And its Lessons for Gun Laws Today
By David Kopel on May 31, 2012 2:37 pm in Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Fourteenth Amendment, Guns, History, McDonald v. City of Chicago, Politics, Popular Constitutionalism, Registration, Right to carry, Supreme Court
House Tax bleg
How the British Gun Control Program Precipitated the American Revolution
By David Kopel on May 14, 2012 2:17 pm in Constitutional History, Guns, History, Militia, Religion, Religious Freedom
Liberty Quotes. Free new book
Cinco de Mayo: An all-American holiday
The “Taint of Social Darwinism”
President Obama versus the Constitution
By David Kopel on April 2, 2012 11:54 pm in Congress, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Theory, Counter-Terrorism Policy, Executive Branch, Federalism, Growth of Government, Habeas, Health Care, History, Individual Mandate, Jefferson, Judicial Power, Obama, Presidency, Public Opinion, Supreme Court, Uncategorized, War on Terror
In Defense of Rutherford B. Hayes
The Machinery of Criminal Justice: From Public Morality Play to Hidden Plea Bargaining Machine
By Stephanos Bibas (University of Pennsylvania), guest-blogging on March 13, 2012 9:22 am in Crime Victims Rights, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, History
The Machinery of Criminal Justice: Colonial Criminal Justice as a Morality Play
By Stephanos Bibas (University of Pennsylvania), guest-blogging on March 12, 2012 10:46 am in Crime Victims Rights, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, History, Uncategorized
Libertarianism and the Civil War
By Ilya Somin on March 6, 2012 12:55 am in Civil War, Federalism, History, Libertarianism, Racism, Secession
Lawtalk: Volokh Abets Observations on “Aid and Abet”
By James E. Clapp, guest-blogging on December 21, 2011 8:50 am in History, Language, Legal Profession
Of Time and Lawtalk
By Prof. Elizabeth Thornburg, guest-blogging on December 19, 2011 8:41 am in History, Language, Legal Profession