To save the country : a lost treatise on martial law /

A Civil War-era treatise addressing the power of governments in moments of emergency The last work of Abraham Lincoln's law of war expert Francis Lieber was long considered lost--until Will Smiley and John Fabian Witt discovered it in the National Archives. Lieber's manuscript on emergency...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872 (Autor), Lieber, G. Norman (Guido Norman), 1837- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Smiley, Will (Editor ), Witt, John Fabian (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Martial law.
Loi martiale.
LAW > Legal History.
Martial law
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter I: Military and Martial Law Distinguished
  • Chapter II: The Mutiny Act. Military Law
  • Chapter III: Martial Law in English History
  • Chapter IV: Views of Early English Authorities
  • Chapter V: Acts of Parliament, Recognizing the Legality of Martial Law
  • Chapter VI: Wall's Case, and the Demerara, Ceylon, and Jamaica Cases
  • Chapter VII: Martial Law in U.S. History
  • Chapter VIII: Has Martial Law Jurisdiction of Treason?
  • Appendix: Francis Lieber's Annotated Lieber Code

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