Georgetown Law One-year master's degree programs and a doctoral degree for international graduate students who have earned a law degree outside the United States. These rules enable the translation of the will of the people into functioning democracies. While military organisations have existed as long as government itself, the idea of a standing police force is a relatively modern concept. For example, Medieval England's system of travelling criminal courts, or assizes, used show trials and public executions to instill communities with fear to maintain control. The first modern police were probably those in 17th-century Paris, in the court of Louis…