A Source-book of Military Law and War-time Legislation

A Source-book of Military Law and War-time Legislation
Author: United States. War Department. Committee on Education and Special Training
Publisher:
Total Pages: 892
Release: 1919
Genre: Military law
ISBN:

"This book is meant to supply, together with the Manual for courts-martial, materials for the course in military law and war-time legislation, as planned by the War department committee on education and special training, in the approved program for law schools having units of the Students army training corps, U.S.A."--Pref., signed: John H. Wigmore.

Between Military Rule and Democracy

Between Military Rule and Democracy
Author: Yaprak Gursoy
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2017-07-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0472130420

Examines military interventions in Greece, Turkey, Thailand, and Egypt, and the military's role in authoritarian and democratic regimes

The Democratic Coup D'état

The Democratic Coup D'état
Author: Ozan O. Varol
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2017
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 019062602X

The Democratic Coup d'État advances a simple, yet controversial, argument: democracy sometimes comes through a military coup. Covering coups that toppled dictators and installed democratic rule in countries as diverse as Guinea-Bissau, Portugal, and Colombia, the book weaves a balanced narrative that challenges everything we knew about military coups.

War Powers Under the Constitution of the United States

War Powers Under the Constitution of the United States
Author: William Whiting
Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2002
Genre: Martial law
ISBN: 1584770554

Whiting, William. War Powers under the Constitution of the United States. Military Arrests, Reconstruction & Military Government. Also, Now First Published, War Claims of Aliens with Notes on the Acts of the Executives & Legislative Departments During Our Civil War & a Collection of Cases Decided in the National Courts. 1864. Tenth edition. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1864. xvii, 342 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-049360. ISBN 1-58477-055-4. Cloth. $80. * Whiting's writings are widely believed to have profoundly affected President Lincoln's war actions. In Whiting's legal theories regarding war powers and the abolition of slavery espoused here Lincoln found justification for the Emancipation Proclamation, and the constitutional authority to abolish slavery. Simply stated, Whiting held that the abolition of slavery is constitutionally appropriate when viewed not as the objective end of the war, but as a means to end the rebellion in order to save the republic. His writing style was geared to the average reader, and this popular style, along with the tremendous influence of his writings led to the work going through 43 editions in less than a decade. This, the tenth edition is based on his earlier work, The War Powers of the President and the Legislative Powers of Congress, in Relation to Rebellion, Treason and Slavery (1862) which is thought to have been the work that originally brought Whiting to Lincoln's attention and led to his appointment as Solicitor of the War Department. This edition includes various unpublished sensitive documents that he handled in the course of that position.

Handbook of Military Law

Handbook of Military Law
Author: Austin Wakeman Scott
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2014-05-25
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781499684049

Professor Scott's "Handbook of Military Law" is of comparatively ephemeral interest. It was intended mainly to meet the needs of the members of the Students' Army Training Corps in the colleges of the United States, all of whom in the fall of 1918 were required to take a three months' course on military law and practice, including three subjects: Military law, international military customs, and army administration. Professor Scott compiled this brief introduction to military law by making extracts from the Manual for Courts-Martial in connection with the more important Articles of War. He also includes the Selective Service law and a couple of judicial decisions dealing with military jurisdiction. —Northwestern University Law Review, Volume 14 * * * * *This little book is published by Harvard University for use in the Students' Army Training Corps in the course on Military Law and Practice. In view of the demobilization of this corps, the book remains as one of the monuments of an interesting period in the history of American colleges. It may still be of value to any one interested in the subject of military law and unable or unwilling to examine the official manual for courts martial and the articles of war, the acts of Congress and the decisions of the courts which constitute the original sources of information. Professor Scott has obviously devoted much time and thought in making the selections for this book and in arranging his material. —University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Volume 67 * * * * * Professor Scott's little book makes no pretense at being more than a presentation of the Articles of War and the more important passages of the Manual for Courts-Martial in concise form, together with the Selective Service Law and two recent judicial decisions, one relating to the definition by Congress of the various classes of persons who are subject to military law, and the other to the power of Congress to compel military service. It would seem that it might be improved by an index, but it is otherwise well fitted for its object. The term "Military Law" in the title of Colonel Wigmore's Source Book must be understood in a different sense than that in which it is used in the Manual for Courts-Martial. The work in question treats less of the Articles of War and military law proper than of martial law, the laws of war, and, in brief, every topic relating to war which a lawyer might wish to investigate. The author has brought together statutes, judicial decisions, regulations, general orders, and opinions of the Judge-Advocates General. More than half of the collection consists of material originating in the past three years. Originally intended for class room use in the Students' Army Training Corps, it is at least doubtful whether so heterogeneous a collection of authorities will prove as useful to any other single class of persons, but it contains much matter not readily accessible in the average law office and may well answer the purpose of ready reference. —Columbia Law Review, Volume 19

Military Law and Precedents (Classic Reprint)

Military Law and Precedents (Classic Reprint)
Author: William Winthrop
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 1118
Release: 2017-12-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9780331125573

Excerpt from Military Law and Precedents In view of the absence and want of a comprehensive treatise on the science of Military Law, it has been for some years the purpose of the author a member of the bar in the practice of his profession when, in April, 1861, he entered the military service - to attempt to supply such want with a Work, which, by reason of its extended plan and full presentation of principles and precedents, should constitute, not merely a text book for the army, but a law book adapted to the use of lawyers and judges. The present treatise was substantially completed in 1880, when the author was called upon to publish his annotated Digest of Opinions of the Judge Advocates General, and some of the references embraced in the original work were inserted in the notes of that publication. Since its date certain unusually important military trials and investigations have been had, sundry valuable opinions upon questions of military law have been pronounced by the courts and other legal authorities, and our written military law - especially the Army Regulations - has been materially modified. Meanwhile also, in England, the time-honored Mutiny Act and Articles of War have wholly passed away and been succeeded by the new Army Act and Rules of Procedure, - a reform of great interest to the military student, - and this legislation, &c., has been copiously illustrated by the excellent official Manual of Military Law and a series of minor com mentarles. In view of these changes, the present work has been revised, and in great part re-written, and the references have been brought down to the end of the year 1885. Apart from the views and conclusions of the author, the precedents, now first collected and considered, will, it is believed, be found to be valuable both as law and history. A complete history, for example, of the late war could scarcely be written without taking into consideration the more important trials and acts of military government of that period instanced in the course of these volumes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Military Laws of the United States

The Military Laws of the United States
Author: John Callan
Publisher: Applewood Books
Total Pages: 614
Release: 2009-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1429020628

This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subtitle: Relating to the Army, Volunteers, Militia, and to Bounty Lands and Pensions, From the Foundation of the Government to 3 March, 1863. to Which Are Prefixed the Constitution ... and a Synopsis of the Military Legislation of Congress During the Revolutionary War. by John F. Callan; Original Published by: Childs in 1863 in 648 pages; Subjects: Military law; Biography & Autobiography / Military; History / Military / General; History / Military / United States; Law / Constitutional; Law / Military; Political Science / Constitutions;