A transnational police network co-operating up to the limits of the law: examination of the origin of INTERPOL

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Abstract

INTERPOL was not created by a treaty, nor was it created by states. INTERPOL was developed by a group of diverse domestic police officers, who structured the international entity and designed its legal framework in order to co-operate within the limits set by the laws of their respective countries. As a product of the police environment, for many years INTERPOL was constituted in a way that made it look like a private police club, feeding the general confusion concerning the membership, the role, and the legal status of the organisation. Addressing many of the historical traits of INTERPOL provides a key for understanding the reasons behind the current configuration of central parts of INTERPOL's legal framework, as well as their past and present significance. For this purpose, this article explores the history of INTERPOL by presenting fragments of historical legal documents, which are then analysed and contextualised.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)521-548
Number of pages28
JournalTransnational Legal Theory
Volume11
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Law

Keywords

  • international organisation
  • INTERPOL
  • legal history
  • police
  • transnational network

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