Good Governing - The Police Power in the American States

Drawing upon law, history, and social science, this book is a close investigation of an important yet neglected area of constitutional law: the state police power and its function in regulatory governance in the US It is a major contribution to state constitutional law literature and contemporary regulatory policy.

List of contents

Part I. Power for the People - Creating the Modern Police Power: 1. State Constitutions and the Governance Project; 2. The Police Power in our Republic's First Century; 3. 'The Power to Govern Men and Things': The Police Power Evolves To Meet New Conditions; 4. The Shape of the Police Power in the Modern Era; Part II. Structural Considerations: 5. Separating and Distributing Powers and Functions; 6. Constitutional Rights; 7. Turning Inside Out: Resolving Conflicts over the Scope of the Police Power; 8. The Police Power and Federalism; Part III: The Police Power's Promise; 9. Spheres of Regulatory Governance; 10. Techniques of Regulatory Intervention: New Tools to Solve Wicked Problems.

About the author

Daniel B. Rodriguez is the Harold Washington Professor of Law at Northwestern Law School. In addition to Northwestern, Professor Rodriguez has held tenured positions at the University of Texas, the University of San Diego, and the University of California, Berkeley and has held visiting positions at Harvard, Stanford, and Columbia. His scholarship focuses on public law, including constitutional law, administrative law, and regulation.

Summary

Drawing upon law, history, and social science, this book is a close investigation of an important yet neglected area of constitutional law: the state police power and its function in regulatory governance in the US It is a major contribution to state constitutional law literature and contemporary regulatory policy.

Foreword

Explores the origins and functions of state police power and its connection to state constitutionalism and government regulation.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel B. Rodriguez, Daniel B. (Northwestern University Rodriguez
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2024
• EAN: 9781009124218
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0912421-8
• No. of pages: 354
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Political structure & processes, United States of America, USA, Police & security services, Political structure and processes, Police and security services, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general