Rankin, Robert Stanley When civil law fails martial law and its legal basis in the United States by Robert S. Rankin ... - Durham, N.C. Duke University Press 1939. - vii, 224 p. - Duke University publications . "A Duke University Centennial Publications." "Select bibliography": p. [206]-216. LCCN: 39016186 Subjects--Topical Terms: Martial law--United States.