Earlier this week, my longtime coauthor Dr. Joanne D. Eisen passed away. In this post, I'd like to describe one part of her admirable life: her scholarship and writing in support of human rights, particularly self-defense.
Joanne Dale Eisen was a wife, a mother, and a dentist. For most of her career, she lived in New York State. So did optometrist Dr. Paul H. Gallant, who passed away in 2015. Paul was a devoted husband and father. Paul and Joanne met via their mutual interest in the right to arms and began a long-term writing collaboration. Their families were very tolerant of how much time the pair spent on email and on the telephone working together.
In 2000, Paul and Joanne approached me, and we began a decade-long collaboration that resulted in a dozen law review articles and over three dozen magazine articles. A full list appears at the end of this Post. Joanne was an outstanding researcher, and she would gather sources and conduct the basic factual research. Paul would write a first draft, which I would revise, and to which I would add legal analysis.
