Legal and legislative basis, Manual for courts-martial United States.
Publisher: U.S. Govt. Print. Off.]
Published: 1951
Place of publication: [Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
Subjects: United States. Dept. of Defense.; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States.; Military offenses -- United States.
Description: This book consists of a brief history of the preparation of the 1951 Manual for Courts-Martial, as well as twenty-five discussions of the legal and legislative considerations involved in the preparation. Col. Charles L. Decker wrote the history, whereas the same officers who prepared the initial drafts of the manual wrote most of the discussions. Those officers included Col. Decker, Lt. Col. Waldemar A. Solf, Maj. Gilbert G. Ackroyd, Maj. Kenneth J. Hodson, Maj. William H. Conley, Cdr. William A. Collier, Lt. Col. Jean F. Rydstrom, and Maj. Roger Currier.
Notes: Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.