Police Power: Patriarchy and the Foundations of American Government

Police Power: Patriarchy and the Foundations of American Government

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Author/Contributor(s): Dubber, Markus Dirk
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date: 09/07/2005
Binding: Paperback
Condition: NEW
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.