Skip to content
Catalog
You are not logged in |Login  
Request Add to My Lists Add to Bag MARC Display Return to Browse More Information
     
Limit search to available items
Previous Record Next Record
Book Cover
book
BookBook
Author Streissguth, Thomas, 1958-

Title District of Columbia v. Heller : the right to bear arms case / Tom Streissguth.

Publication Info. Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, [2011]
©2011

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J342.7305 STR    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department  YA342.7305 ST83    Check Shelf
Description 112 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series Landmark Supreme Court cases, gold edition
Landmark Supreme Court cases.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-105) and index.
Contents Trouble in the District of Columbia -- The road to the Supreme Court -- The context of the Constitution -- The original intent: individual v. collective rights -- The politics of a decision -- The court decides -- The impact of the decision.
Summary "A group of private gun-owners claimed new gun control laws passed by the District of Columbia violated their Second Amendment right to bear arms. This book examines the issues leading up to the case, the people involved in the case, and the present-day effects of the Court's decision"--Provided by publisher.
Subject Heller, Dick Anthony -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Juvenile literature.
Washington (D.C.) -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Juvenile literature.
Firearms -- Law and legislation -- Washington (D.C.) -- Cases -- Juvenile literature.
Gun control -- Washington (D.C.) -- Cases -- Juvenile literature.
United States. Constitution 2nd Amendment -- Cases -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN 9780766034303
0766034305
-->
Permanent Link
Add a Review

 

Library Links

Encore

Search Tools

Language Settings

English
Español