[Hamp-law] Fwd: LJST Lecture Series GUNS in LAW - first lecture Sept. 19 - Saul Cornell presenting

[Flavio Risech]

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Subject: 	LJST Lecture Series GUNS in LAW - first lecture Sept. 19 - 
Saul Cornell presenting
Date: 	Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:32:02 +0000
From: 	Megan Estes <mlestes at amherst.edu>

	



*_MONDAY – Sept. 19 - Professor , Saul Cornell from Fordham University_*

*“The Common Law and Gun Regulation: Neglected Contexts of the Second 
Amendment Debate/./”***

On Monday, Sept. 19 at 4:30pm in the Alumni House at Amherst College, 
Saul Cornell, Professor of American History at Fordham University will 
present a paper entitled *“The Common Law and Gun Regulation: Neglected 
Contexts of the Second Amendment Debate/./”* This is the first 
presentation in a series of seminars that will take place this year on 
the theme “Guns in Law.”

Professor Cornell is the author of two prize-winning works in American 
legal history. He is one of the nation’s leading authorities on early 
American constitutional thought. Professor Cornell has also been a 
leading advocate of using new media to teach history and is the author 
of a new American history text book, Visions of America.

To receive a copy of the paper which will be presented, please email the 
LJST Dept. Coordinator at mlestes at amherst.edu <mailto:mlestes at amherst.edu>.

This event is *co-sponsored by The Lamont Lecture 
Fund*.https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/ljst/events

*_ABOUT The Lecture Series – GUNS IN LAW_*

In this series, we are interested in exploring the distinct status of 
guns as objects of legal regulation. Our question directs attention to 
the contested meanings of the Second Amendment’s protection of the 
“right to bear arms” and the controversy associated with the United 
States Supreme Court’s understanding of that Amendment as creating 
rights for individuals. Indeed some scholars argue that the contestation 
and controversy surrounding the Second Amendment provide a touchstone 
for larger debates about the nature of constitutional interpretation and 
the place of history in fixing the meaning of constitutional provisions. 
But the debate about guns in law goes beyond these constitutional 
issues. What does rational and effective regulation of firearms entail? 
Why do guns have such a talismanic place in American legal culture? Do 
guns mean something different as objects of legal regulation in urban 
America than in more rural places? Does the attachment to guns signal 
suspicion of law itself? What can we learn about the limits of law from 
examining its encounters with guns?

  Please Mark your calendars!

The LJST lecture series is sponsored by the Lamont Fund and the 
Department of Law, Jurisprudence & Social Thought at Amherst College.

/Megan L. Estes Ryan/

/Academic Coordinator/

/Law, Jurisprudence & Social Thought/

/Amherst College/

/PO Box 5000/

/Amherst, MA   01002/

/413-542-2380/

/mlestes at amherst.edu <mailto:mlestes at amherst.edu> /

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