War Law Service

War Law Service
Author: Commerce Clearing House
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1958
Release: 1939
Genre: Neutrality
ISBN:

Author:
Publisher: LLMC
Total Pages: 18
Release:
Genre:
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A History of the Laws of War: Volume 2

A History of the Laws of War: Volume 2
Author: Alexander Gillespie
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2011-10-07
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1847318622

This unique new work of reference traces the origins of the modern laws of warfare from the earliest times to the present day. Relying on written records from as far back as 2400 BCE, and using sources ranging from the Bible to Security Council Resolutions, the author pieces together the history of a subject which is almost as old as civilisation itself. The author shows that as long as humanity has been waging wars it has also been trying to find ways of legitimising different forms of combatants and ascribing rules to them, protecting civilians who are either inadvertently or intentionally caught up between them, and controlling the use of particular classes of weapons that may be used in times of conflict. Thus it is that this work is divided into three substantial parts: Volume 1 on the laws affecting combatants and captives; Volume 2 on civilians; and Volume 3 on the law of arms control. This second book on civilians examines four different topics. The first topic deals with the targetting of civilians in times of war. This discussion is one which has been largely governed by the developments of technologies which have allowed projectiles to be discharged over ever greater areas, and attempts to prevent their indiscriminate utilisation have struggled to keep pace. The second topic concerns the destruction of the natural environment, with particular regard to the utilisation of starvation as a method of warfare, and unlike the first topic, this one has rarely changed over thousands of years, although contemporary practices are beginning to represent a clear break from tradition. The third topic is concerned with the long-standing problems of civilians under the occupation of opposing military forces, where the practices of genocide, collective punishments and/or reprisals, and rape have occurred. The final topic in this volume is about the theft or destruction of the property of the enemy, in terms of either pillage or the intentional devastation of the cultural property of the opposition. As a work of reference this set of three books is unrivalled, and will be of immense benefit to scholars and practitioners researching and advising on the laws of warfare. It also tells a story which throws fascinating new light on the history of international law and on the history of warfare itself.

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

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.