| Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - 1852 - 204 pages
...provocation which he has received. — Letter to Brigadier-General Lee, commanding in Ireland. MARTIAL LAW. Martial law is neither more nor less than the will...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... | |
| 1852 - 372 pages
...Duke of Wellington made a few remarks upon the subject of martial law. Martial law, he contended, was neither more nor less than the will of the general who commands the army. In fact, martial law meant no law at all. Therefore, the general who declared martial law, and commanded that it should... | |
| Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - 1854 - 776 pages
...our hands. As to the remark which has been made about me, I will say a word in explanation. I contend that martial law is neither more nor less than the...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.... | |
| National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Great Britain) - 1869 - 688 pages
...arbitrary — it is far more extensive than ordinary military law." And the Duke of Wellington maintained that " martial law is neither more nor less than the...general who commands the army — in fact, martial law is no law at all." In this opinion Earl Grey entirely concurred, claiming the authority of Lord Cottenham,... | |
| United States. Attorney-General - 1858 - 600 pages
...reality, import a very different thing. " He" (the Duke of Wellington) " contended that martial law was neither more nor less than the will of the general who commands the army. In fact, martial law was no law at all. Therefore the Martial Law. general, who declared martial law, and commanded that... | |
| Stephen Vincent Benét - 1862 - 392 pages
...known limitations.* In a debate in Parliament, the Duke of Wellington contended that martial law was neither more nor less than the will of the general who commands the army. In fact, martial law was no law at all. Therefore, the general who declared martial law and commanded that it should be... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 704 pages
...it, civilians are in no case amenable to this law. The stater ment of the Duke of Wellington, " tliat martial law is neither more nor less than the will of the general who commands the army," though it may be sound as to what may be done in an enemy's country in time of war, is repudiated by... | |
| Bedford Pim - 1866 - 110 pages
...and like everything that has emanated from that great man, to the purpose. " Martial law," he says, " is neither more nor less than the will of the general...general who declares martial law, and commands that it should be carried into execution, is bound to lay down the rules, regulations, and limits, according... | |
| Great Britain. Central Criminal Court, Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn - 1867 - 174 pages
...it as are made amenable to it by the Mutiny Act. Martial law, according to the Duke of Wellington, is 'neither more nor less than the will of the general...declares martial law, and commands that it shall be earned into execution, is bound to lay down the rules, regulations, and limits, according to which... | |
| Great Britain. Central Criminal Court, Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn - 1867 - 180 pages
...it as are made amenable to it by the Mutiny Act. Martial law, according to the Duke of Wellington, is 'neither more nor less than the will of the general...the army; in fact, martial law means no law at all. Then-fore the general who declares martial law, and coaiman-ls that it shall be carried into execution,... | |
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