Politics, Police, Past and Present: Larry Kramer\u27s \u3cem\u3eThe People Themselves\u3c/em\u3e

This article addresses aspects of the debate over Larry Kramer\u27s The People Themselves and, more generally, current interest in popular constitutionalism before engaging, briefly, with the book itself. Because I find Kramer\u27s book in general terms unexceptionable I see no particular reason to engage in the kind of lengthy critical assessment undertaken by those scholars whose disagreements with the book are pronounced. Instead I focus on three sites that the book traverses that I consider sites of missed opportunity. They are, first, the question of the people and the Constitution; second, the people and politics; third, the question of police and law. I conclude with some thoughts on Kramer\u27s resort to history—the question of past and present

To Improve the State and Condition of Man: The Power to Police and the History of American Governance

Book review of Markus Dirk Dubber\u27s The Police Power: Patriarchy and the Foundations of American Governmen

Politics, Police, Past and Present: Larry Kramer\u27s \u3cem\u3eThe People Themselves\u3c/em\u3e

This article addresses aspects of the debate over Larry Kramer\u27s The People Themselves and, more generally, current interest in popular constitutionalism before engaging, briefly, with the book itself. Because I find Kramer\u27s book in general terms unexceptionable I see no particular reason to engage in the kind of lengthy critical assessment undertaken by those scholars whose disagreements with the book are pronounced. Instead I focus on three sites that the book traverses that I consider sites of missed opportunity. They are, first, the question of the people and the Constitution; second, the people and politics; third, the question of police and law. I conclude with some thoughts on Kramer\u27s resort to history—the question of past and present