den Boer, Monica --- "Introduction to Comparative Policing from a Legal Perspective" [2018] ELECD 1311; in den Boer, Monica (ed), "Comparative Policing from a Legal Perspective" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) 1

Book Title: Comparative Policing from a Legal Perspective

Editor(s): den Boer, Monica

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781785369100

Section Title: Introduction to Comparative Policing from a Legal Perspective

Author(s): den Boer, Monica

Number of pages: 14

Abstract/Description:

Legal frameworks are indispensable cornerstones of modern policing. In this introductory chapter, it is argued that legislation is in constant evolution, for instance because international law has to be implemented at national level. Despite the fact that the law may be regarded as a codification of policing, a body of legal literature on police powers, distribution of authority and core principles tends to surprisingly scarce. Police legislation might be defined as a sediment of legislative history and development. Legislative frameworks that lay down normative principles for policing actors tend to be complex in nature. Laws and regulations apply to a wide range of public and even private actors, within national jurisdictions as well as across and beyond. The volume comprises contributions from a worldwide community of police scholars, who are dedicated to dive into their specialist domain of policing, whilst adopting a shared living law perspective of the law as an organic and interactive discourse, analysed against the backdrop of an international comparative perspective.