The police power : patriarchy and the foundations of American government /
Dubber, Markus Dirk.
New York : Columbia University Press,
c2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-257) and index.
"The power to govern men and things" -- Police as Patria potestas -- Blackstone's police -- Continental police science -- Policing the new republic -- Definition by exclusion -- Police power and commerce power -- The forgotten power and the problem of legitimation -- The law of police : internal and external constraints -- Lochner's law and substantive due process -- Toward a critical analysis of police and punishment.
Police power