The Jurisprudence of Police Toward a General Unified Theory of Law [Hardcover]

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.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

Thomas Vincent Svogun's The Jurisprudence of Police is truly invaluable as a philosophically-informed treatment of police work...there is no other book like this one. The novelty, if not the genius, of this volume is its undertaking to deal with the street, if you will, by digging all the way down to the moral foundations and common good of political society...a very effective bridge between policing and philosophy, between practical and moral prescription. The greatest virtue of this work is that Svogun is both fluent in legal philosophical analysis, and so obviously at home with policing...Supremely worthwhile.' - Gerard V. Bradley, Editor, The American Journal of Jurisprudence; Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame Law School, USA

Masterfully composed, thought-provoking, and astute, this book reflects a comprehensive grasp of the scholarship and research in bridging the fields of law and policing, and captures the essence of today's law enforcement. By uniting philosophy with soulãf