AN UNAVOIDABLY BRIEF HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE THIRD AMENDMENT

Authors

Scott D. Gerber

Document Type

Article

Abstract

"For the record, many of my colleagues, after learning that I was to speak on the Third Amendment, sheepishly asked me what the Third Amendment is."

-Morton J. Horwitz in Valparaiso University Law Review

"The earliest efforts to curb the abuses relating to the involuntary quartering of soldiers appeared in the charters of towns and boroughs. Examples of those early enactments included Henry I's London Charter of 1130, which contained the passage '[1]et no one be billeted within the walls of the city, either of my household, or by force of anyone else . .. .' Those charters were the major legal antecedents of the third amendment."

-William S. Fields & David T. Hardy in American Journal of Legal History

"Are red-cockaded woodpeckers sufficiently similar to redcoats that the principles of the Third Amendment apply to woodpeckers as well? We believe so."

-Andrew P. Morriss & Richard L. Stroup in Environmental Law

Recommended Citation

Gerber, Scott D. (2015) "AN UNAVOIDABLY BRIEF HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE THIRD AMENDMENT," Tennessee Law Review: Vol. 82: Iss. 3, Article 11.
Available at: https://ir.law.utk.edu/tennesseelawreview/vol82/iss3/11

Publication Date

2015