CONTENTS: Foreword, Preface to the Second Edition, Preface to the First Edition, Acknowledgements, List of Abbreviations, Introduction, 1. The Making of a Law, 2. At the Dawn of History, 3. Kotwal, Kazi and Faujdar, 4. The Origins, 5. The Police Commission of 1860, 6. The Collector as a Judge: The Derogation of the Judiciary, 7. Criminal Law for a Subject Race, 8. The Aitchison Commission: Crumbs for the Natives, 9. A Felicitous Police for Themselves, 10. Darbhanga's Dissent in the Police Commission of 1902, 11. The Apologists, 12. The Disorders Inquiry Committee and the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, 13. Oppression in Punjab: Use of the Air Force to Suppress a Civilian Population, 13. Handling of Distrubances in Bombay Presidency, 15. The Concept of Martial Law: Its Aberration, 16. The Police Commission of 1977, 17. A Plea for the Status Quo0?, 18. The Commissioner of Police, 19. The Inspector General of Police, 20. The Last Word, 21. Epilogue, Appendices, Bibliography, Index. 597pp.,