Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Editors’ Note on the Text xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Military and Martial Law Distinguished 73
7. The Mutiny Act. Military Law 109
8. Martial Law in English History 131
9. Views of Early English Authorities 166
10. Acts of Parliament, Recognizing the Legality of Martial Law 188
11. Wall’s Case, and the Demerara, Ceylon, and Jamaica Cases 202
12. Martial Law in U.S. History 247
13. Has Martial Law Jurisdiction of Treason? 278
14. Appendix Francis Lieber’s Annotated Lieber Code 307
15. Index 317