Shaping US military law : governing a constitutional military / Joshua E. Kastenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kastenberg, Joshua E., 1967- author.

Series:

Justice, international law and global security.

Justice, International Law and Global Security

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military law--United States--History.

Military law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Shaping U.S. military law

Shaping United States military law

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the United States' entry into World War II, the federal judiciary has taken a prominent role in the shaping of the nation's military laws. Yet, a majority of the academic legal community studying the relationship between the Court and the military establishment argues otherwise providing the basis for a further argument that the legal construct of the military establishment is constitutionally questionable. Centring on the Cold War era from 1968 onward, this book weaves judicial biography and a historic methodology based on primary source materials into its analysis and reviews several m

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: A Historic Methodology of Military Law and Governance; 2 O'Callahan v. Parker: The Last Year of the Warren Court; 3 The Burger Court, Military Governance, and the Vietnam Conflict; 4 Restoring Military Discipline and Maintaining the Military's Subordination to the Civil Government; 5 Judicial Supervision of the Military in the Era of Equal Protection; 6 Rehnquist Court: From Solorio v. United States to the War on Terror; 7 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of Cases; Index

Notes:

First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4724-1912-X

1-317-05577-2

1-315-60885-5

1-4724-1911-1

9781315608853

OCLC:

950004990