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A Constitutional Right to Self Defense?

Nelson Lund
George Mason University School of Law

Journal of Law, Economics and Policy, Forthcoming
George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 06-29

Abstract:
This very short comment examines the relationship between the Constitution and the presuppositions of the Constitution with respect to the right of self defense. As central as this right appears to be in the liberal tradition, its treatment in Hobbes' "Leviathan" shows why it is more problematic than we generally assume. Moreover, as well-established as it seems to be in our legal tradition, it seems not be included as such in the Constitution, and only partially or erratically protected by constitutional law.

Keywords: self defense, constitutional law, Thomas Hobbes

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Date posted: June 28, 2006 ; Last revised: July 26, 2006

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Lund, Nelson Robert, A Constitutional Right to Self Defense?. Journal of Law, Economics and Policy, Forthcoming; George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 06-29. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=912277

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