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Military Justice: A Very Short Introduction
Eugene R. Fidell
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Description for Military Justice: A Very Short Introduction
Paperback. This book presents an accessible and honest assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of military justice around the world, with particular emphasis on the US, UK, and Canada. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 10. BIC Classification: LNDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 255 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
You can't handle the truth. These iconic words, bellowed by Jack Nicholson as Colonel Jessup in the 1992 movie A Few Good Men, became an emblem of the conflict between honor and truth that the collective imagination often considers the quintessence of military justice. The military is the rare part of contemporary society that enjoys the privilege of policing its own members' behavior, with special courts and a separate body of rules. Whether one is for or against this system, military trials are fascinating and little understood. This book opens a window on the military judicial system, offering an ... Read more
You can't handle the truth. These iconic words, bellowed by Jack Nicholson as Colonel Jessup in the 1992 movie A Few Good Men, became an emblem of the conflict between honor and truth that the collective imagination often considers the quintessence of military justice. The military is the rare part of contemporary society that enjoys the privilege of policing its own members' behavior, with special courts and a separate body of rules. Whether one is for or against this system, military trials are fascinating and little understood. This book opens a window on the military judicial system, offering an ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Very Short Introductions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199303496
SKU
V9780199303496
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About Eugene R. Fidell
Eugene R. Fidell is Senior Research Scholar and Florence Rogatz Visiting Lecturer at Yale Law School and of counsel to the Washington, DC law firm Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP. He served in the United States Coast Guard and co-founded the National Institute of Military Justice. He chairs the Committee on Military Justice of the International Society for Military Law ... Read more
Reviews for Military Justice: A Very Short Introduction
Eugene Fidell's Military Justice: A Very Short Introduction is an easy, breezy, but deeply learned read into the broader topic of military justice ... Every naval officer and senior enlist should read this book. It is well worth the time. - Captain John Byron, U.S. Naval Institute's Proceedings Magazine