Law and Honour Among Eighteenth-Century British Army Officers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8959111 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arthur N Gilbert (University of Denver, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 75-87 |
| Publication date | 1976-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x00018318 |
| OpenAlex | W2142779003 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
There can be no doubt that those who joined the officers corps in the eighteenth century became members of an exclusive club with its own distinctive values. These values were imposed on all members of the corps and, as is the case with most exclusive organizations, only a very few individuals were confident or perverse enough to challenge the group standards. The officers corps had an honour code; a set of principles which was informally enforced to ensure that each member soon learned proper from improper behaviour. When there were violations of the code the subaltern officers would bring peer group sanctions to bear in the form of social and professional ostracism until the offender cleared his name by removing the blot on his honour
Clearance · Club · Honour · Political science · Sanctions · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Law · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1990 - 2022 (33) |
| Highly cited | No |