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Publication Date

2024

Status

Accepted

Abstract

This textbook comprehensively covers the modern military justice system of the United States, under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. This text is appropriate for all students, with or without prior military experience. It covers court-martial procedures, substantive criminal law, and nonjudicial punishment under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, in addition to the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act, which gives federal courts jurisdiction over certain acts committed abroad. Materials from every Service within the Armed Forces show how the military justice system addresses all criminal offenses, ranging from minor infractions to serious offenses, such as the misconduct of soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison. The text covers the jurisdiction of courts-martial; sources of military law; military offenses and defenses; pretrial, trial, and appellate procedures; the role of judge advocates; nonjudicial punishment and other alternatives to courts-martial; special forums, such as boards of inquiry; the relationship of courts-martial to state and federal courts; and much more. All chapters include policy questions about controversial issues. The Fourth Edition addresses all the changes to the UCMJ and the Manual for Courts-Martial since publication of the Third Edition in the Spring of 2019. The Fourth Edition also includes several recent cases and updates that address the significant changes made in the 2024 Manual for Courts-Martial, and other recent legislation. Additionally, this new edition contains a revised Chapter 1 that provides an overview of the new military justice charging system, and includes an updated chapter concerning the substantive law of rape and other sex crimes, as well as an expanded coverage of inappropriate relationships and extramarital sexual conduct, under the UCMJ.

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2024-51

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