Discusses issues pertaining to courts-martial including military jurisdiction, personnel, procedure, records, action, oaths, incidental matters, punishments, the disciplinary power of commanding officer, rules of evidence, punitive articles and...
Starting in 1991, a consortium of criminologists, social psychologists, and law school professors began researching how jurors in capital cases come to their decisions. This body of work, called the Capital Jury Project (CJP), found several trends...
The Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA) is a critical statute for the future of the United States military and the American public. Its interpretation affects both national security and the rights of American citizens. This statute...
Examines the special court-martial and the summary court-martial. Questions whether there is a burden placed on special and summary courts that they are not equipped to accept.
This study compares the system of military justice that existed during World War II with the present system. As a basis for comparison a framework is established which looks at three different aspects of the military justice system. The first...
The purpose of this study is to determine whether any improvements are needed in the procedure of court-martial in the Army of the United States, and, if so, to suggest remedies for such defects as may exist.
This study examines the mechanics of black marketing by U.S. service members to determine ways to curtail or eliminate such illegal operations, which undermine U.S. national security. Actual court-martial cases of U.S. service members prosecuted...
This document was published for information and guidance regarding the Philippine Constabulary. It contains the following topics: definition and organization; Chief and staff; districts; constabulary stations; command; inspectors; provincial...
The objectives of Engineer are to inform, motivate, increase knowledge, improve performance, and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas. Views ex-pressed are those of the authors and not those of the Department of Defense or its elements. The...
A renaissance for military justice. LTC James A. Mounts, Jr., USA, and CPT Myron G. Sugarman, USA ,br> The Hamlet evaluation system. COL Maurice D. Roush, USA
Prior to President Obama halting all ongoing military commissions, the United States charged six Guantanamo Bay prisoners with capital crimes. Further, his latest policy directive for new military commission rules has not excluded the death penalty...
Serves as an introduction to the duties of a trooper in the United States Zone Constabulary. Looks at the U. S. Zone Constabulary as a whole, including its authority and powers, mission, duties, organization and its relationship with other forces....
This notebook seeks to afford the student officer a condensed outline of essential information and procedure as developed by instructors on the platform and in the field.
This paper discusses if the branch of law, known as the rules of evidence, is a sufficient guide for the military man of today, in presenting to a court-martial the facts in a case, and does it fairly and impartially project the rights and...
This thesis sets forth a methodology for the practicing attorney faced with a problem concerning eyewitness identification. It discusses sixth amendment rights since it was the focus in this area that brought eyewitness identification to the...
It was not like Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal or the reported cases of mistreatment of prisoner in Guantanamo Bay. Nevertheless, the military needs to take it very seriously; it is called adultery, like Four Star General, Kevin Byrnes recently...
Doss, Janis A.; Amedeo, Di Marzio; Foreman, James; Diaz, Jose F.; Lonergan, Robert
Thesis: War tribunals and international law do not deter war criminals. War crimes tribunals are courts of law established to try individuals accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Despite the often heinous nature of the crimes that...
This book describes the overall organization, divisional functions, war management responsibilities, military administration and military judicial processes of the German Army in the late 1800s.
In 2003, the United States led a Coalition force into Iraq to depose Saddam Hussein 's repressive Ba 19ath Party regime. Under the provisions of the Hague Regulation of 1907, the Coalition became an occupying power with all of the attendant rights...