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

List of contents

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.

About the author

John M. Collins is a Lecturer in History at Eastern Washington University. He studied for his PhD at the University of Virginia. He has in the past been awarded research grants from the North American Council of British Studies, the American Society for Legal History, the Huntington Library, the Clark Library, the Lilly Library, and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Summary

John M. Collins presents the first comprehensive history of martial law in the early modern period. Rather than being a state of exception from law, martial law was understood and practiced as one of the King's laws, and was a vital component of England's domestic and imperial legal order.

Product details

• Authors: John M. Collins, COLLINS JOHN M.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781107469488
• ISBN: 978-1-107-46948-8
• No. of pages: 333
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History; Cambridge Studies in Early Mod
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; England, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, LAW / Legal History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, c 1500 onwards to present day, British & Irish history, Archaeology, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Legal History, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards