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    The police power : patriarchy and the foundations of American government / Markus Dirk Dubber.

    • Title:The police power : patriarchy and the foundations of American government / Markus Dirk Dubber.
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    • Author/Creator:Dubber, Markus Dirk.
    • Published/Created:New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Police power--United States--History.
    • Description:xvi, 268 p. ; 24 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-257) and index.
    • ISBN:0231132069 (cloth : alk. paper)
    • Contents:Introduction : "the power of govern men and things"
      1. Police as Patria Potestas
      2. Blackstone's police
      3. Continental police science
      4. Policing the new republic
      5. Definition by exclusion
      6. Police power and commerce power
      7. forgotten power and the problem of legitimation
      8. law of police : internal and external constraints
      9. Lochner's law and substantive due process
      Conclusion : toward a critical analysis of police and punishment.
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