Cottrol holds a chair in the George Washington University (GWU) Law School and is also a professor of history and sociology at GWU.[1][2] He earned his B.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University, and his J.D. from Georgetown Law School.[1] His research concentrates on race relations in U.S. legal history and criminal law contexts.[1] He is the author of five books and dozens of book chapters, law review articles, book reviews, and other published works on slavery, gun control, and others topics.[3] He is also the editor of Gun Control and the Constitution: Sources and Explorations on the Second Amendment.[1]
On gun control
Cottrol supports the use of background checks on firearms purchases, especially to prevent ownership by convicted felons. However, he argues that law-abiding citizens should have ready access to guns for self-defense. He says that minorities in particular need them to counter the threat of harsh treatment in racist cultures.[1]
Partial bibliography
1982 The Afro-Yankees: Providence's Black Community in the Antebellum Era
1993 Gun Control and the Constitution: Sources and Explorations on the Second Amendment (editor)
1998 From African to Yankee: Narratives of Slavery and Freedom in Antebellum New England
2003 Brown v. Board of Education: Caste, Culture, and the Constitution (with Raymond T. Diamond and Leland B. Ware)
2013 The Long, Lingering Shadow: Slavery, Race and Law in the American Hemisphere[3]
^Rahe, Paul A. (May 13, 2013). "Bob Cottrol's New Book". ricochet.com. Silent Cal Productions. Archived from the original on January 14, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
^ ab"Cottrol, Robert: Books". portal.law.gwu.edu. George Washington University Law School. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
