With the implementation of martial law, state power suddenly swelled, and citizens 'rights commensurately shrank. It totally changed the relationship between the people and the state, giving the authorities unjust and unreasonable powers in the name of the national interest.
戒嚴令的實施，等於國家權力無限膨脹擴張，而人民的公民權則自動限縮，也就是改變了國家和人民的關係，讓當權者可以假國家利益之名，將一切不公不義給予合理化。