Preface; I. Origin of Common Law: Anglo-Saxons to the Eighteenth Century; II. The Emergence of the London Metropolitan Police; III. The Rise of the New York Police Department; IV. Police in Montreal; V. Rural Policing in Ireland: the Royal Irish Constabulary; VI. Police in India; VII. Police in Australia; VIII. South African Police; IX. Rural America and the Wild West; X. The Canadian Police Perspective; XI. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
Summary
A comparative study of law enforcement agencies with a Common Law tradition
