The Inheritance of the Imaginary: Martial Law’s Rhetoric in Twentieth Century Northern Ireland
Law, Culture and the Humanities
Published online on June 27, 2026
Abstract
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Until the early twentieth century, there was recourse by British administrators to martial law. However, such a concept was not considered to be law, at least not by many legal theorists. Martial law only ever existed after anex postassessment, ...
Until the early twentieth century, there was recourse by British administrators to martial law. However, such a concept was not considered to be law, at least not by many legal theorists. Martial law only ever existed after anex postassessment, ...