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3、ntirelengthoneofthemostinterestingofitsmanythreads.Thepasthasfewmorevaluablelessonsforthewarmenacedworldofto-daythantherecordofthebreakdown_ofEnglishlawinthefaceofthe.growingaggressionofuncontrollablecrimeandmobviolence,thefutileandpatheticattemptsbyParliamentformorethanacent

4、urytorestorethepowerofthelawbypassingmorelaws,thefailureofthispolicytoavertimpendingan�seeminglyinevitabledisaster,andtheeventualrecognitionbydespairingstatesmen,inthehourofcrisis,thatwhatthelawrequiredwasforcethatwouldenableittofunctionandtosavesociety,asanecessaryalternativ

5、etotheuseofarmedforcewhichwasdivorcedfromlaw.WhatisastonishingintherecordisthepatienceandblindnessdisplayedbothbycitizensandauthorityinEn�landoveraperiodofnearlyahundredyears,duringwhichtheypersistentlrrejectedtheproposedandobviouspoliceremedyfortheirincreasingfearsandsufferi

6、ngs,inthebeliefthatitsadoptionwouldendangertheirlibertiesandcreate‘asuper-StateabovetheState',or,inthephraseoftheperiod,'apowerabovetheParliamentatWestminster’.Peel'ssingle-handedcorrectionoftheirerroratlastprovidedthesolutionofanationalproblemwhichhadbecomeintolerable.Thepre

7、sentvolumeisapurelyhistoricalstudyinwhichcurrentworldaffairsplaynopart,butitisimpossibletooverlooktheremarkableparallelbetweenEngland’sproblemofinternaldisorderandtheproblemofwardisorderinthecommunityofnationswhichconfrontsthestatesmenoftheworldto-day.ItistruethatvEngland’sun

8、iqueandcharacteristicsolutionofpolicewasmadepossiblebythepre-existen