The Jurisprudence of Police [electronic resource] : Toward a General Unified Theory of Law /
Svogun, T.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
Criminology.
Law—Philosophy.
Law.
Industrial sociology.
Political science.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.
Sociology of Work.
Philosophy of Law.
Law, general.
Fundamentals of Law.