Conscription and English Constitutional Law Power of the Nation to Raise Armies
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Military law is distinguished from municipal law in having personal extent, or in being a personal law. Laws govern persons and territory. By governing persons, law is said to have personal extent. By governing in certain territory it is said to have territorial extent. We speak of personal law and territorial law. The municipal, or civil law, extends to persons generally, within a certain territory. Source : query.nytimes.com |