Police and the Liberal State

This Text Advances A Broad Interdisciplinary And International Project To Refocus Attention On The Scope And Function Of Modern Government Through The Lens Of Police Power In Both Its Multiple Manifestations And Techniques. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: Policing The Rechtsstaat -- 1. Police, Sovereignty, And Law: Foucaultian Refl Ections -- 2. The Supreme Sovereignty Of The State: A Genealogy Of Police In American Constitutional Law, From The Founding Era To Lochner -- 3. Police Power And The Hidden Transformation Of The American State -- 4. Limited Liberty, Durable Patriarchy -- 5. Criminal Police And Criminal Law In The Rechtsstaat -- 6. Work And Authority In Policing -- 7. The Elusive Line Between Prevention And Detection Of Crime In German Undercover Policing -- 8. Vulnerability, Sovereignty, And Police Power In The Asbo -- 9. Loitering In The City That Works: On Circulation, Activity, And Police In Governing Urban Space -- Notes -- Index Bibliographic Level Mode Of Issuance: Monograph Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English