NCJ Number
27023
Date Published
1974
Length
331 pages
Annotation
HISTORY AND PRESENT STATE OF MILITARY LAW IN THE UNITED STATES, ITS CONSTITUTIONAL BASIS, ITS PROCEDURES AND PECULIARITIES, ITS JURISDICTION, AND ITS RELATION TO THE REST OF OUR SYSTEM.
Abstract
THE MAIN EMPHASIS OF TEH BOOK IS ON MILITARY JUSTICE PROPER, THE COURT-MARITAL SYSTEM, BY WHICH THE ARMED SERVICES ENFORCE DISCIPLINE AMONG THEIR OWN MEMBERS. OTHER CONTEXTS IN WHICH MILITARY TRIBUNALS MAY EXERCISE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION (MARTIAL RULE IN DOMESTIC EMERGENCIES, OR THE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF WAR, FOR EXAMPLE) ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)