Research

Thanks in part to the John Glenn Institute, Saul Cornell recently published A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America through Oxford University Press.

The OUP blog has hosted an email dialogue between Professor Cornell and Mark Tushnet, the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Please click the following links to read the entire exchange: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three.

The OUP blog has also hosted a three part essay by Professor Cornell, "Originalism Right or Originalism Lite: The Curious Case of the Second Amendment." Please click the following links to read the entire essay: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three.

On 2 August 2006, Professor Cornell appeared on The Diane Rehm Show to discuss his research. You can link to an audio stream of the interview from the WAMU 88.5 Website. The interview was also aired on C-Span 2. DVDs of the show are available through the C-Span 2 website, or you can watch a stream of the interview at ForaTv.

On 6 September 2006, BuzzFlash talked to Professor Cornell. You can read a transcript at
Working For Change.

On 23 September 2006, the Minneapolis Star Tribune ran this editorial on A Well-Regulated Militia.

On 14 November 2006, Saul Cornell talked to Jack Blood of Deadline Live. You can download an .mp3 of the show at Real Radio Archives.

On 27 January 2007, The Langum Charitable Trust announced that it awarded A Well-Regulated Militia the David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Legal History or Biography.

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As part of its mission to promote scholarship on issues concerning the Second Amendment and firearms regulation, the Second Amendment Research Center co-sponsors original research, symposia, and conferences on these topics. This scholarship will be highlighted and, where possible, included in its entirety in this section of the Center's web site.

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