Military Rule

Military rule may mean:

  • Militarism or militarist ideology - the ideology of government as best served when under military control
  • Military occupation, when a country or area is occupied after invasion.
    • List of military occupations
  • Martial law, where military authority takes over normal administration of law
  • Police state, where people's lives are subject to constant and often covert police surveillance
  • Military law, the legal system applying to members of the armed forces
  • Military dictatorship, a form of government where political power resides with the military
  • Military junta
  • khakistocracy, where the military regime colludes with the elite and industrial classes for perpetuating their rule
  • Military tribunal

Military rule may also be:

  • When a military applies a court-martial and non-judicial punishment
  • When specific laws are applied in a military context as in the United States Uniform Code of Military Justice by the Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG)

Famous quotes containing the words military and/or rule:

    “Stately as a galleon, I sail across the floor,
    Doing the military two-step, as in the days of yore.”
    —Joyce Grenfell (1910–1979)

    “With our principles we seek to rule our habits with an iron hand, or to justify, honor, scold, or conceal them:Mtwo men with identical principles are likely to be seeking fundamentally different things with them.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)