Police and democracy.

From: Michigan Law Review | Date: June 1, 2005| Author: Sklansky, David Alan | Copyright information

INTRODUCTION

What constraints does a commitment to democracy place on law enforcement? What implications, conversely, do modern police forces have for how we think about democracy? What is the relationship, in short, between democracy and policing?

Everyone seems to agree that the relationship is important. References to democracy or to "democratic values" appear regularly in judicial decisions setting limits on law enforcement. They are even more common in l...

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