Professor Emerita Joyce Lee Malcolm is an historian and constitutional scholar active in the area of constitutional history, focusing on the development of individual rights in Great Britain and America. She is the author of eight books, most recently The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold: An American Life, May 2018. Professor Malcolm has written many books and articles on gun control, the Second Amendment, and individual rights. Her work was cited several times in the recent U.S. Supreme Court opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller.
Professor Malcolm has previously taught at Princeton University, Bentley College, Boston University, Northeastern University and Cambridge University. She was also a Senior Advisor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Security Studies Program, a Visiting Scholar at Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies, and is a Bye Fellow at Robinson College, Cambridge University.
Her seventh book, Peter's War: A New England Slave Boy and the American Revolution, was published by Yale University Press in 2009. "Magna Carta in America: Entrenched," a chapter authored by Professor Malcolm, appears in Magna Carta: The Foundation of Freedom 1215-2015 (Nicholas Vincent, Third Millennium Publishing). Her essays have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, USA Today, The Boston Globe and other newspapers.
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Bitter Clingers: Depending on the Second Amendment in Times of Peril
DC Young Lawyers Chapter - Online Event
Zoom Webinar6th Annual Otis McDonald Memorial Second Amendment Lecture
Chicago Lawyers Chapter
The Range at 3559003 Murphy Road
Bolingbrook, IL 60440
The Future of the Second Amendment: Issues for 2017 and Beyond
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC 550 South Main Street, Suite 400Greenville, 29601
Self-Defense: Our Most Basic Right or a Danger to Public Safety?
Governors Club 202 S. Adams StreetTallahassee, Florida 32302
McDonald v. City of Chicago, Illinois [SCOTUSbrief]
Short video featuring Joyce Lee Malcolm
When Chicago resident Otis McDonald attempted to purchase a handgun, he was turned down because...
District of Columbia v. Heller [SCOTUSbrief]
Short video featuring Joyce Lee Malcolm
Before 2008, the United States Supreme Court had rarely delved into the meaning of the...
Blueprint for American Rights: George Mason’s Declaration
Short video featuring Mike Lee, Joyce Lee Malcolm, and William Hyland
George Mason may be one of the lesser-known Founding Fathers, but his role in shaping...