Comments on: The Lieber Code http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2008/09/29/the-lieber-code/ Informed Amateurs Blog the American Civil War Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:01:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: G. Munger http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2008/09/29/the-lieber-code/comment-page-1/#comment-12732 G. Munger Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:54:50 +0000 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/?p=1866#comment-12732 Today, the most important fact about the Lieber Code is that the United States declared war on, not against the Confederacy, (to do that would be an admission of sovereignty) but against its own people. There has never been a Cessation of Hostilities order for Texans. It is why executive orders are made legal. the people are still today the enemy. That is why the Constitution seems to no longer function. We do need an end to this and the war powers act of that day! Today, the most important fact about the Lieber Code is that the United States declared war on,
not against the Confederacy, (to do that would be an admission of sovereignty) but against its own people.

There has never been a Cessation of Hostilities order for Texans. It is why executive orders
are made legal. the people are still today the
enemy. That is why the Constitution seems to
no longer function. We do need an end to this and the war powers act of that day!

]]> By: Thirty Years War | TOCWOC - A Civil War Blog http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2008/09/29/the-lieber-code/comment-page-1/#comment-6096 Thirty Years War | TOCWOC - A Civil War Blog Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:20:06 +0000 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/?p=1866#comment-6096 [...] For our purposes the other reaction was the emergence of the modern laws and customs of war afterward in an attempt to mitigate the horrors of the Thirty Years War. Henceforth armies (or at least the officers) were to be professional, to answer to and be paid by a sovereign and not let loose to plunder. In the Eighteenth Century armies were supplied by a system of magazines and held in check with harsh discipline. Prisoners were granted certain rights and the civilian population protected when possible. War between states had much more limited aims—the capture of fortresses, provinces or colonies—rather than the destruction of whole areas. Eventually these practices developed into what was generally known as the Laws and Customs of War, finally written down in the Leiber Code. [...] [...] For our purposes the other reaction was the emergence of the modern laws and customs of war afterward in an attempt to mitigate the horrors of the Thirty Years War. Henceforth armies (or at least the officers) were to be professional, to answer to and be paid by a sovereign and not let loose to plunder. In the Eighteenth Century armies were supplied by a system of magazines and held in check with harsh discipline. Prisoners were granted certain rights and the civilian population protected when possible. War between states had much more limited aims—the capture of fortresses, provinces or colonies—rather than the destruction of whole areas. Eventually these practices developed into what was generally known as the Laws and Customs of War, finally written down in the Leiber Code. [...]

]]> By: Lincoln and the Laws of War http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2008/09/29/the-lieber-code/comment-page-1/#comment-2476 Lincoln and the Laws of War Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:42:44 +0000 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/?p=1866#comment-2476 [...] around the adoption of the so-called Lieber Code, enshrined as General Order No. 100, a topic I’ve also addressed here. This codified, for the first time outside a few legal texts, the rules of warfare, and was [...] [...] around the adoption of the so-called Lieber Code, enshrined as General Order No. 100, a topic I’ve also addressed here. This codified, for the first time outside a few legal texts, the rules of warfare, and was [...]

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