Martial Law and English Laws, C.1500-C.1700

ISBN-13: 9781107469488 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 333 str.

John M. Collins

Opis

A comprehensive history of martial law, outlining how it was a vital component of England's domestic and imperial legal order.

Recenzje

'The book is well written and follows a logical structure. … achieves much in its wider aims of helping readers make sense of the many forms martial law took in the Anglophone world over this long and complicated period.' Andrew Hopper, The English Historical Review

Spis treści

Introduction; Prologue; Part I. A Jurisprudence of Terror: 1. Making martial law; 2. Making summary martial law; 3. Transforming martial law; Part II. Martial Law and English Parliaments: 4. Bound by wartime: martial law and the petition of right; 5. Unbound by parliament: martial law and the Wars of the Three Kingdoms; 6. Bound and unbound: martial law in the Restoration empire; 7. The rise of martial law; Conclusion; Manuscript bibliography; Index.