Martial law and English laws, c.1500-c.1700 / John M. Collins, Eastern Washington University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collins, John M., 1983- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in early modern British history.

Cambridge studies in early modern British history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Martial law--England--History.

Martial law.

Law--England--History.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 319 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

John M. Collins presents the first comprehensive history of martial law in the early modern period. He argues that rather than being a state of exception from law, martial law was understood and practiced as one of the King's laws. Further, it was a vital component of both England's domestic and imperial legal order. It was used to quell rebellions during the Reformation, to subdue Ireland, to regulate English plantations like Jamestown, to punish spies and traitors in the English Civil War, and to build forts on Jamaica. Through outlining the history of martial law, Collins reinterprets English legal culture as dynamic, politicized, and creative, where jurists were inspired by past practices to generate new law rather than being restrained by it. This work asks that legal history once again be re-integrated into the cultural and political histories of early modern England and its empire.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Jun 2016).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-65309-9

1-316-65519-9

1-316-65554-7

1-316-65729-9

1-316-65589-X

1-316-65764-7

1-316-65624-1

1-316-14351-1