| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 267 pages .) |
| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction -- The need for an integrative jurisprudence of police -- The jurisprudence of police defined -- A critique of positivist police science -- A critique of normative police theory -- The rise and limits of the formal positive police -- The American police experience and the limits of the managerial perspective -- Toward a unified general theory of law : the integrative nature of law, law enforcement, and the new police -- The new police and implications for the conception of law -- Law and law enforcement's three dimensions -- The relativity of justice, law, and police to the social bond -- Summation and closing reflections |
| Summary |
This unique volume develops a new philosophy of law and a new theory of law enforcement. The concepts developed provide the basis for a general unified theory of law that reconciles what legislators and judges do, with what police do to resolve important questions in the field and make public policy recommendations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Police.
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Jurisprudence.
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Justice, Administration of.
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Law.
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law (discipline)
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Sociology.
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Crime & criminology.
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Jurisprudence & philosophy of law.
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Law & society.
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Society.
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Law
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Jurisprudence
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Justice, Administration of
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Police
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Sociology.
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Crime & criminology.
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Methods, theory & philosophy of law.
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Law & society, sociology of law.
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Society.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781137342638 |
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1137342633 |
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130609402X |
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9781306094023 |
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