The Police Power
Patriarchy and the Foundations of American Government
by Markus Dirk Dubber
268 pages· 2005· ISBN 9780231132077
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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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