| Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - 1852 - 204 pages
...commanding in Ireland. MARTIAL LAW. Martial law is neither more nor less than the will of the general who commands the army. In fact, martial law means no law at all. — House of Lords, Feb. 4, 1851. THE INDIVIDUAL SOLDIER. The Duke has made many a declaration similar... | |
| Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - Great Britain - 1854 - 776 pages
...the army. In fact, martial law means no law at all ; therefore the general who declares martial law, and commands that it shall be carried into execution, is bound to lay down distinctly the rules, and regulations, and limits according to which his will is to be carried out.... | |
| Bedford Pim - Black people - 1866 - 110 pages
...to the purpose. " Martial law," he says, " is neither more nor less than the will of the general who commands the army : in fact, martial law means no law at all; therefore the general who declares martial law, and commands that it should be carried into execution, is bound to lay down the rules,... | |
| Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1867 - 584 pages
...been much insisted on, that " martial law is neither more nor less than the will of the general who commands the army. In fact martial law means no law at all. Therefore the general who declares martial law, and commands that it shall be carried into execution, is bound to lay down the rules,... | |
| William Francis Finlason - Jamaica - 1867 - 306 pages
...law,"according to the Duke of Wellington, " is neither more nor less than the will of the General who commands the army." In fact, martial law means no law at all, therefore, the general who declares martial law, and commands that it should be carried into execution, is bound to lay down the rules,... | |
| Great Britain. Central Criminal Court, Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn - Jamaica - 1867 - 174 pages
...law, according to the Duke of Wellington, is 'neither more nor less than the will of the general who commands the army ; in fact, martial law means no law at all. Therefore the general who declares martial law, and commands that it shall be earned into execution, is bound to lay down the rules, regulations,... | |
| 1867 - 262 pages
...same effect. "Martial Law," said the Duke, "ia nothing more or less than the will of the general who commands the army ; in fact, Martial Law means no law at all. Therefore, the general who declares Martial Law and commands that it shall be carried into execution is bound to lay down the rules, regulations,... | |
| Amasa Junius Parker - Criminal law - 1868 - 738 pages
...orders. Subsequently, in a speech in the House of Lords, he expressed the same opinion, and added: " In fact, martial law means no law at all; therefore, the general who declares martial law, and commands that it shall be carried into execution, is bound to lay down distinctly... | |
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