The Jurisprudence of Police

Toward a General Unified Theory of Law
2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-36623-8
Verlag: Springer Nature B.V.

Buch, Englisch, 267 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4581 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Svogun, T.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction PART I: THE NEED FOR AN INTEGRATIVE JURISPRUDENCE OF POLICE 1. The Jurisprudence of Police Defined 2. A Critique of Positivist Police Science 3. A Critique of Normative Police Theory 4. The Rise and Limits of the Formal Positive Police 5. The American Police Experience and the Limits of the Managerial Perspective PART II: TOWARD A UNIFIED GENERAL THEORY OF LAW: THE INTEGRATIVE NATURE OF LAW, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND THE NEW POLICE 6. The New Police and Implications for the Conception of Law 7. Law and Law Enforcement's Three Dimensions 8. The Relativity of Justice, Law, and Police to the Social Bond 9. Summation and Closing Reflections

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas V. Svogun, J.D., is a professor of administration of justice and philosophy, Chairman of the Philosophy Department, Salve Regina University