| Description |
1 online resource (224 pages) |
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Contemporary military, strategic, and security issues |
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Contemporary military, strategic, and security issues.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1 Why a Military Justice System: An Introduction to the Theory and History of American Military Justice; Chapter 2 Founding of the Republic to Modern Times: Military Justice Develops Alongside the Professional Military; Chapter 3 Basics of the Military Justice System: Structure and Levels of Military Courts; Chapter 4 Basics of the Military Justice System: The Investigative and Pretrial Processes; Chapter 5 Basics of the Military Justice System: Defining Criminal Conduct in a Unique Society |
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Chapter 6 Basics of the Military Justice System: The Trial and Appellate ProcessesChapter 7 Implementing the Uniform Code of Military Justice: A Generation of Change; Chapter 8 There's More to Military Justice than Courts-Martial: Nonjudicial Punishment and Administrative Separations; Chapter 9 Back to the Future: Military Commissions to Try War Criminals; Glossary; Bibliography; Index |
| 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 kep |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States.
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Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781573567534 |
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1573567531 |
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