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"Good Reason" Laws Under The Gun: May-Issue States And The Right To Bear Arms, Jack M. Amaro
"Good Reason" Laws Under The Gun: May-Issue States And The Right To Bear Arms, Jack M. Amaro
Chicago-Kent Law Review
This note proposes a framework for analyzing the point at which discretionary restrictions on the concealed carry of firearms are unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, which, at its core, guarantees the responsible, law-abiding citizen at least the right to use a firearm for self-defense. Although the Supreme Court has yet to affirmatively answer whether and to what extent this right extends beyond the home, every state allows its residents to publicly carry a firearm in some form—be it open or concealed. But states have the power to limit who may exercise this right; and some states curtail it to the …
Optimal Hackback, Jay P. Kesan, Ruperto Majuca
Optimal Hackback, Jay P. Kesan, Ruperto Majuca
Chicago-Kent Law Review
Professor Jay Kesan from the University of Illinois College of Law, in joint work with Ruperto Majuca of the University of Illinois Department of Economics, argue in favor of legal rules that allow "hacking [data] back" in certain business circumstances. They analyze the strategic interaction between the hacker and the attacked company or individual and conclude that neither total prohibition nor unrestrained permission of hack-back is optimal. Instead, they argue that when other alternatives such as criminal enforcement and litigation are ineffective, self-defense is the best response to cybercrime because there is a high likelihood of correctly attacking the criminal, …