Arming Military Justice, Volume I: The Origins of the United States Court of Military Appeals, 1775-1950

by Jonathan Lurie

Why must military justice be different from civilian justice? How different should it be? And to what extent should it be influenced or administered by civilian participants? These are the broad topics addressed by Jonathan Lurie's comprehensive history of the development of appellate review of military justice in the United States. Predating federal district courts by more than a decade, the courts-martial established by the Continental Congress...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691069441
• ISBN13: 9780691069449
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"