Law enforcement is a is a complicated practice in which deviation and correction intertwine with each other and the consumption and reconstruction of the capability for law enforcement is a quite useful point of view by which we can understand this complicated practice. Law enforcement capability may be eroded slowly as a result of the tension in the current internal administrative system, leading to not only internal control failure and local protectionism, but also the lack of cooperation among various government departments. Law enforcement capability can also be consumed in social structure, resulting in such phenomena as the dilution of law enforcement resource and the alienation of the law enforcement process. Faced with the consumption of law enforcement capability, law-enforcers can re-create the capability in frontline law enforcement scenarios by adopting such strategies as flexible enforcement, legal interpretation, rule creation, centralization of law enforcement resource and creation of new law enforcement space. Also, lawmakers and decision makers need to continuously reform and optimize the current law enforcement system and reconstruct the law enforcement capability by strengthening control, reassigning responsibilities, extending organization and mobilizing social forces. Analyzing the consumption and reconstruction of enforcement capability by taking grassroots law enforcement as the analytical sample can help us to get an comprehensive understanding of the practical logic of law enforcement in the transitional period in China, and provide us with inspirations for the reform of the law enforcement system and the building of law enforcement capability. |