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Civil Rights and Discrimination

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Selected Works

2008

Constitutional Law

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Counter-Stories: Maintaining And Expanding Civil Liberties In Wartime, Mark A. Graber Jul 2008

Counter-Stories: Maintaining And Expanding Civil Liberties In Wartime, Mark A. Graber

Mark Graber

No abstract provided.


Judicial Recantation, Mark A. Graber Jul 2008

Judicial Recantation, Mark A. Graber

Mark Graber

No abstract provided.


Legal, Strategic Or Legal Strategy: Deciding To Decide During The Civil War And Reconstruction, Mark A. Graber Jul 2008

Legal, Strategic Or Legal Strategy: Deciding To Decide During The Civil War And Reconstruction, Mark A. Graber

Mark Graber

No abstract provided.


The Natural Right Of Self-Defense: Heller's Lesson For The World, David B. Kopel Jan 2008

The Natural Right Of Self-Defense: Heller's Lesson For The World, David B. Kopel

David B Kopel

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in District of Columbia v. Heller constitutionalized the right of self-defense, and described self-defense as a natural, inherent right. Analysis of natural law in Heller shows why Justice Stevens' dissent is clearly incorrect, and illuminates a crucial weakness in Justice Breyer's dissent. The constitutional recognition of the natural law right of self-defense has important implications for American law, and for foreign and international law.