Lightner Library-Keuka College

Format:

Book

Author:

Rodriguez, Daniel B., 1962- author.

Title:

Good governing : the police power in the American states / Daniel B. Rodriguez.

Publisher, Date:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Description:

viii, 345 pages ; 24 cm

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 U.S. It is a major contribution to state constitutional law literature and contemporary regulatory policy"-- Provided by publisher.

Subjects:

Police power -- United States.

Police regulations -- United States.

Constitutional law -- United States.

Constitutional law

Police power

Police regulations

United States

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Part I. Power for the people : creating the modern police power -- State constitutions and the governance project -- The police power in our republic's first century -- "The power to govern men and things" : the police power evolves to meet new conditions -- The shape of the police power in the modern era -- Part II. Structural considerations -- Separating and distributing powers and functions -- Constitutional rights -- Turning inside out : resolving conflicts over the scope of the police power -- The police power and federalism -- Part III. The police power's promise -- Spheres of regulatory governance -- Techniques of regulatory intervention : new legal tools to solve wicked problems -- Conclusion.

LCCN:

2023054656

ISBN:

9781009123051

100912305X

9781009124218

1009124218

* 9781009127370

Other Number:

1411840759

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

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1

Control Number:

537660

Call Number:

KF4695 .R59 2024

Course Reserves:

0

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