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Military justice : a guide to the issues / Lawrence J. Morris ; foreword by Francis A. Gilligan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morris, Lawrence J.
- Series:
- Contemporary military, strategic, and security issues.
- Contemporary military, strategic, and security issues
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--United States.
- Courts-martial and courts of inquiry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger Security International, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Public, press, and academic interest in the military justice system has increased over the past generation. This is a result of several high-profile trials (the Sergeant Major of the Army and Kelly Flinn, among many others), a popular TV show (even if it was Navy JAGs), and broader public attention to and interest in the military, stemming from the post-Cold War prominence of the military (Gulf War I, Balkans, and post-9/11 operations). In addition, some of the more prominent cases from the war in Iraq, including Abu Ghraib and detainee cases, as well as the GTMO military commissions, have ke
- Contents:
- Why a military justice system? : an introduction to the theory and history of American military justice
- Founding of the republic to modern times : military justice develops alongside the professional military
- Basics of the military justice system : structure and levels of military courts
- Basics of the military justice system : the investigative and pretrial process
- Basics of the military justice system : what's a crime
- Basics of the military justice system : the trial and appellate process
- Seeking uniformity and justice : enactment of the UCMJ and modern military justice
- There's more to military justice than courts-martial : nonjudicial punishment and administrative separations
- Back to the future : military commissions to try war criminals.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798400685897
- 9781282535435
- 1282535439
- 9781573567534
- 1573567531
- OCLC:
- 609859692
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