ISBN10: 0231132077, ISBN13: 9780231132077, [publisher: Columbia Univ Pr] Softcover 268 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.
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ISBN10: 0231132077, ISBN13: 9780231132077, [publisher: Columbia University Press, New York] Softcover Paperback. Mention the phrase Homeland Security and heated debates emerge about state uses and abuses of legal authority. 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. He argues that the defining characteristics of this power, including the inability to accurately define it, reflect its origins in the discretionary and virtually limitless patriarchal power of the householder over his household. The paradox of patriarchal police power as the most troubling yet least scrutinized of governmental powers can begin to be resolved by subjecting this branch of government to the critical analysis it merits. Dubber shows us that the question must become how can the police power and criminal law together serve the goals of social equity that define and give direction to contemporary democratic societies? This book goes to the heart of this neglected but crucial topic. 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 ...
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ISBN10: 0231132077, ISBN13: 9780231132077, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Softcover 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. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSW1; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430. . 2005. Paperback. . . . .
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ISBN10: 0231132077, ISBN13: 9780231132077, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Softcover 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-.
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