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<td>LJST Lecture Series GUNS in LAW - first lecture Sept. 19
- Saul Cornell presenting</td>
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<td>Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:32:02 +0000</td>
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<td>Megan Estes <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mlestes@amherst.edu"><mlestes@amherst.edu></a></td>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif"">MONDAY – Sept. 19 -
Professor , Saul Cornell from Fordham University<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">“The Common Law and Gun
Regulation: Neglected Contexts of the Second Amendment
Debate<i>.</i>”</span></b><b><span
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Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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
<b>“The Common Law and Gun Regulation: Neglected Contexts of
the Second Amendment Debate<i>.</i>”</b> This is the first
presentation in a series of seminars that will take place this
year on the theme
<span style="color:#1F497D">“</span>Guns in Law.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To receive a copy of the paper which will
be presented, please email the LJST Dept. Coordinator at
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:mlestes@amherst.edu">mlestes@amherst.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This event is <b>co-sponsored by The
Lamont Lecture Fund</b>.<span style="color:navy">
</span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/ljst/events">https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/ljst/events</a><span
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">ABOUT The Lecture Series
– GUNS IN LAW<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">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?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif""> Please Mark your calendars!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif"">The LJST lecture series is
sponsored by the Lamont Fund and the Department of Law,
Jurisprudence & Social Thought at Amherst College.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span
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Face","serif"">Megan L. Estes Ryan<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span
style="font-family:"Baskerville Old
Face","serif"">Academic Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span
style="font-family:"Baskerville Old
Face","serif"">Law, Jurisprudence &
Social Thought<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span
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Face","serif"">Amherst College<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span
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