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Is There Insurance Coverage For Lawsuits Against The Firearm Industry?, Walter J. Andrews, Michael S. Levine Jun 2002

Is There Insurance Coverage For Lawsuits Against The Firearm Industry?, Walter J. Andrews, Michael S. Levine

Nevada Law Journal

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The Disappearing Settlement: The Contractual Regulation Of Smith & Wesson Firearms, Charles C. Sipos May 2002

The Disappearing Settlement: The Contractual Regulation Of Smith & Wesson Firearms, Charles C. Sipos

Vanderbilt Law Review

Consider three transactions: (1) federal legislation passed by Congress; (2) an order of judgment in a private lawsuit; and (3) a contractual arrangement between private parties. If one were asked to rank those transactions in order of the potential impact they should have on public and social policy, they would probably appear in the order that they are listed. Intuition, experience, and plain common sense might likely lead to the conclusion that legislation has the greatest impact on public policy, private agreements the least,' and final judgments in litigation somewhere in between. Democratic principles provide very good reasons for this …


The Inconvenient Militia Clause Of The Second Amendment: Why The Supreme Court Declines To Resolve The Debate Over The Rights To Bear Arms, Robert M. Hardaway, Elizabeth Gormley, Bryan Taylor Jan 2002

The Inconvenient Militia Clause Of The Second Amendment: Why The Supreme Court Declines To Resolve The Debate Over The Rights To Bear Arms, Robert M. Hardaway, Elizabeth Gormley, Bryan Taylor

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

There are sound public policy reasons why gun ownership by law abiding citizens in a free society should be protected. Good public policy, however, cannot be formulated as long as there remain fundamental misconceptions about the meaning and history of the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the law interpreting it. In August of 1994, an exasperated American Bar Association, finding itself unable to match the Gun Lobby's publicity campaigns, pleaded for help from the legal profession to educate the American public about the meaning of the Second Amendment and the intent of the Constitutional Framers. Specifically, the ABA …


Redefining The Second Amendment: The Antebellum Right To Keep And Bear Arms And Its Present Legacy, Haydn J. Richards Jr. Jan 2002

Redefining The Second Amendment: The Antebellum Right To Keep And Bear Arms And Its Present Legacy, Haydn J. Richards Jr.

Kentucky Law Journal

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