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Judicial Application Of Strict Liability Local Ordinances, Guyora Binder, Brenner Fissell
Judicial Application Of Strict Liability Local Ordinances, Guyora Binder, Brenner Fissell
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Disbanding Police Agencies, Anthony O'Rourke, Rick Su, Guyora Binder
Disbanding Police Agencies, Anthony O'Rourke, Rick Su, Guyora Binder
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Since the killing of George Floyd, a national consensus has emerged that reforms are needed to prevent discriminatory and violent policing. Calls to defund and abolish the police have provoked pushback, but several cities are considering disbanding or reducing their police forces. This Essay assesses disbanding as a reform strategy from a democratic and institutionalist perspective. Should localities disband their police forces? One reason to do so is that discriminatory police departments are often too insulated from democratic oversight to be reformed. But can localities succeed in disbanding and replacing their forces with something better? Unfortunately, the structural entrenchment of …