Military justice
Subtitle: a reference handbook
By: Lawrence J. Morris ; foreword by Francis A. Gilligan.
Series: Contemporary military, strategic, and security issues
Publisher: Praeger Security International
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780275993665; 9781573567534
Subjects: Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why a military justice system? : an introduction to the theory and history of American military justice; title: Founding of the republic to modern times : military justice develops alongside the professional military; title: Basics of the military justice system : structure and levels of military courts; title: Basics of the military justice system : the investigative and pretrial process; title: Basics of the military justice system : what's a crime; title: Basics of the military justice system : the trial and appellate process; title: Seeking uniformity and justice : enactment of the UCMJ and modern military justice; title: There's more to military justice than courts-martial : nonjudicial punishment and administrative separations; title: Back to the future : military commissions to try war criminals.