+ Seen but not heard: Child soldiers suing gun manufacturers under the alien tort claims act
- Author:
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Morisseau N
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Cornell Law Review
- Topics:
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Age Group, International, Legislation and Policy, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Children, International, law, protection
The author examines how the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA), as an instrument of international law, can allow child soldiers to hold weapons manufacturers accountable for the increased armed conflicts caused...
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+ Representations of Handguns by Young Adults in the US and UK
- Author:
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John E. Puddifoot, Leslie / Claire A. Cooke, Leslie
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gender, International, Public Opinion, Social Science, Students
- Keywords:
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COLLEGE students, GREAT Britain, GUN control, UNITED States, culture.
The authors examined the effect of location and gender on the attitudes to handguns on nine dimensions (whether handguns represent freedom, independence, power, danger, control, violence, or madness,...
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+ An Evaluation of the 1977 Canadian Firearm Legislation: Robbery Involving a Firearm
- Author:
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Mauser, Gary A. / Maki, Dennis
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Applied Economics
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, International, Legislation and Policy, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Canada, ROBBERY, cross-sectional, time series
The authors used a pooled cross-section, time series model to evaluate how the 1977 Canadian firearm legislation affected armed robberies between 1974 to 1992. They found that it neither reduced robbery...
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+ Security Needs, Arms Exports, and the Structure of the Defense Industry: Determining the security level of countries
- Author:
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Golde S / Tishler A
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Journal of Conflict Resolution
- Topics:
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International, Social Science, Supply
- Keywords:
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Economics, defense, model
The authors examine the effects of changes in the number of defense firms, the importance of security for the U.S. and Western Europe, the value of production cost of the defense good, and the intensity...
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+ On gun registration, the NRA, Adolf Hitler, and Nazi gun laws: Exploding the gun culture wars (a call to historians)
- Author:
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Harcourt BE
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Fordham Law Review
- Topics:
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International, Legislation and Policy, Social Science
- Keywords:
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GUN control, NRA, gun registration, propaganda
The author discusses the use of Nazi-related propaganda in arguments against gun control. He reviews the history of German gun control, before and during the Nazi rise to power. He rebukes the argument...
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+ FIREARMS POSSESSION BY "NON-STATE ACTORS": THE QUESTION OF SOVEREIGNTY
- Author:
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Kopel DB / Gallant P / Eisen JD
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Texas Review of Law & Politics
- Topics:
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International, Legislation and Policy, Social Science
- Keywords:
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International, Ownership, human rights, sovereignty, violation
The authors examine the connection between arms possession and sovereignty and detail the violations of human rights that have resulted from the prohibition of guns to non-state actors by illegitimate...
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