The Police Power: Patriarchy and the Foundations of American Government
- ISBN-10
- 0231132069
- ISBN-13
- 9780231132060
- Category
- Police power
- Pages
- 268
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Author
- Markus Dirk Dubber
Description
This timely book is a comprehensive treatise on the constitutional and legal history behind the power of the modern state to police its citizens. Dubber explores the roots of the power to police -- the most expansive and least limitable of governmental powers -- by focusing on its most obvious and problematic manifestation: criminal law.
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