Enforcement of the Common Law Rules of Arrest: A Handcuffing of Police?

Authors

Douglas D. McBroom

Abstract

"In the streets, the only law is that at the end of the policeman's nightstick." The degree of truth in this statement has long been a subject of concern among civil libertarians. Nevertheless, police agencies were for many years left to their own devices in meeting the essential problem of keeping order on the streets; only a small portion of their actions were subject to judicial review.

First Page

363

Recommended Citation

Douglas D. McBroom, Enforcement of the Common Law Rules of Arrest: A Handcuffing of Police?, 6 Duq. L. Rev. 363 (1967).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol6/iss4/3