Uniform code of military justice
Subtitle: text, references and commentary based on the report of the Committee on a Uniform Code of Military Justice to the Secretary of Defense
Contributors: Morgan, Edmund Morris, 1878-1966; National Military Establishment (U.S.)
Publisher: National Military Establishment
Published: 1949
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Other titles: Morgan draft
Description: In 1948, in response to the demand for a uniform system of courts-martial for the military services, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal appointed a committee to draft a Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). Harvard Law Professor Edmund M. Morgan chaired this committee, which also included Gordon Gray (Assistant Secretary of the Army), W. John Kenney (Under Sectretary of the Navy), Eugene M. Zuckert (Assistant Secretary of the Air Force), and Felix E. Larkin (Assistant General Counsel, Office of the Secretary of Defense). In January 1949, the committee completed the draft and sent it to Secretary Forrestal for review, whereupon it was delivered to Capitol Hill on February 8, 1949. The full text of the "Morgan Draft" with references and commentary is included.
Notes: Title from PDF cover (Military legal resources, viewed on Mar. 1, 2010).